Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 20:16 Interlinear

my judgments Because they despised not in my statutes and walked my sabbaths but polluted after their idols for their heart and walked

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יַ֜עַןH3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
2בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣יH4941my judgmentsproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
3מָאָ֗סוּH3988Because they despisedto spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
4וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5חֻקּוֹתַי֙H2708not in my statutesa statute
6לֹאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7הֹלֵֽךְ׃H1980and walkedto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
8בָהֶ֔םH0
9וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יH7676my sabbathsintermission, i.e (specifically) the sabbath
11חִלֵּ֑לוּH2490but pollutedproperly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
12כִּ֛יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
13אַחֲרֵ֥יH310afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
14גִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םH1544their idolsproperly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
15לִבָּ֥םH3820for their heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
16הֹלֵֽךְ׃H1980and walkedto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Verse Context

Ezekiel 20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness...
Ezekiel 20:16 (current) my judgments Because they despised not in my statutes and walked my sabbaths but polluted after their idols for their heart and walked
Ezekiel 20:17spared Nevertheless mine eye them from destroying them neither did I make...

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