“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
Ezekiel 20:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ezekiel 20:1410 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֶעֱשֶׂ֖הwāʾeʿĕśeh
and I actedconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
for the sake ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
שְׁמִ֑/יšəmiy
name mynounH8034
base · named · renown · report
לְ/בִלְתִּ֤יləbilətiy
to notpronH1115
beside · but · continual · except ···
הֵחֵל֙hēḥēl
to be profanedverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
לְ/עֵינֵ֣יləʿēynēy
to the eyes ofpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
הַ/גּוֹיִ֔םhagwōyim
the nationsparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הוֹצֵאתִ֖י/םhwōṣēʾtiym
I had brought out themverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽםləʿēynēyhem
to eyes theirpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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