“Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.”
Ezekiel 20:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ezekiel 20:2214 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/הֲשִׁבֹ֨תִי֙wahăšibōtiy
and I turned backconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יָדִ֔/יyādiy
hand mynounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וָ/אַ֖עַשׂwāʾaʿaś
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
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הוֹצֵ֥אתִיhwōṣēʾtiy
I brought outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אוֹתָ֖/םʾwōtām
themparticleH853
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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