Ezekiel 22:16 Go deeper
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And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD . (KJV)
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וְנִחַ֥לְתְּve.ni.Chaltand you will be profaned
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490H
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVNq2fs)
Meaning: to profane/begin: profane
Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 49:4, Exodus 20:25, Exodus 31:14, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 19:8, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490H; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 1
לְעֵינֵ֣יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: seeing
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 2
גוֹיִ֑םgo.Yimnations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 3
וְיָדַ֖עַתְּve.ya.Da.'atand you will know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqq2fs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 5
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 6
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.weh[am] Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:16 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And when you have defiled | → | חָלַל H2490H to profane/begin: profane |
| yourself | → | |
| in the eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing |
| of the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| then you will know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| am the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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