Ezekiel 3:5 Go deeper
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For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; (KJV)
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כִּ֡יkifor
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 3:5 word 1
לֹא֩lo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 3
עַ֨ם'ama people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 4
עִמְקֵ֥י'im.Keideep of
Lemma: עָמֵק (a.meq) · Strong's: H6012
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)
Meaning: unfathomable
Used 4 times. Also: Proverbs 9:18, Isaiah 33:19, Ezekiel 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6012; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 5
שָׂפָ֛הsa.Fahlip
Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: lip: words
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:7, 2 Kings 18:20, Job 11:2, Job 12:20, Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 7:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8193H; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 6
וְכִבְדֵ֥יve.khiv.Deiand heavy of
Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.ved) · Strong's: H3515
Parsing: Aampc (Aampc)
Meaning: heavy
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 43:1, Genesis 47:4, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3515; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 7
לָשׁ֖וֹןla.Shontongue
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: tongue: language
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Deuteronomy 28:49, Nehemiah 13:24, Esther 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3956H; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 8
אַתָּ֣ה'a.Tahyou
Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)
Meaning: you(m.s.)
Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 9
שָׁל֑וּחַsha.Lu.ach[are] being sent
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 10
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 11
בֵּ֖יתbeit[the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: household
Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 12
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:5 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you | → | אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.) |
| are not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| being sent | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| a people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| of unfamiliar | → | עָמֵק H6012 unfathomable |
| speech | → | שָׂפָה H8193H lip: words |
| or difficult | → | כָּבֵד H3515 heavy |
| language | → | לָשׁוֹן H3956H tongue: language |
| but to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
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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