Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 20:22 Interlinear

Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand and wrought for my name's sake that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen I brought them forth in the sight

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙H7725Nevertheless I withdrewto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3יָדִ֔יH3027mine handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
4וָאַ֖עַשׂH6213and wroughtto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
5לְמַ֣עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
6שְׁמִ֑יH8034for my name'san appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
7לְבִלְתִּ֤יH1115properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
8הֵחֵל֙H2490sake that it should not be 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
9לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃H5869in the sightan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
10הַגּוֹיִ֔םH1471of the heathena foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
11אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12הוֹצֵ֥אתִיH3318I brought them forthto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
13אוֹתָ֖םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃H5869in the sightan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Verse Context

Ezekiel 20:21rebelled Notwithstanding the children not in my statutes against me they walked...
Ezekiel 20:22 (current)Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand and wrought for my name's sake that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen I brought them forth in the sight
Ezekiel 20:23 I lifted up mine hand ...

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