Ezekiel
Ezekiel 40:4
4“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Son | בֶּן־ | ben- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| of man | אָדָ֡ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| he said | וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | way·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| to me | אֵלַ֜י | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| look | רְאֵ֣ה | rə·’êh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| with your eyes | בְעֵינֶיךָ֩ | ḇə·‘ê·ne·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| hear | שְּׁמָ֜ע | šə·mā‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| with your ears | וּבְאָזְנֶ֨יךָ | ū·ḇə·’ā·zə·ne·ḵā | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular | H241 ear |
| and pay attention | וְשִׂ֣ים | wə·śîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| to everything | לְכֹ֤ל | lə·ḵōl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| I | אֲנִי֙ | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am going to show you | מַרְאֶ֣ה | mar·’eh | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| for | כִּ֛י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| that | לְמַ֥עַן | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| you have been brought | הֻבָ֣אתָה | hu·ḇā·ṯāh | Verb - Hofal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| here | הֵ֑נָּה | hên·nāh | Adverb | H2008 hither |
| Report | הַגֵּ֛ד | hag·gêḏ | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| to the house | לְבֵ֥ית | lə·ḇêṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| everything | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| you | אַתָּ֥ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| see | רֹאֶ֖ה | rō·’eh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 44:5 · Jeremiah 26:2 · Matthew 10:27 · Ezekiel 2:7–8 · Ezekiel 43:10 · Matthew 13:9 · Ezekiel 3:17 · Ezekiel 2:1 · Isaiah 21:10 · Matthew 13:51–52 · 1 Corinthians 11:23 · Acts 20:27
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.