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Ezekiel 20:9 — King James Version← Study notes

But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.


Ezekiel 20:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 20:917 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אַ֨עַשׂ֙wāʾaʿaś
accomplishconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
because ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
שְׁמִ֔/יšəmiy
famenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
לְ/בִלְתִּ֥יləbilətiy
because unpronH1115
beside · but · continual · except ···
הֵחֵ֛לhēḥēl
beginverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
לְ/עֵינֵ֥יləʿēynēy
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
הַ/גּוֹיִ֖םhagwōyim
GentileparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh
itprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
בְ/תוֹכָ֑/םbətwōkām
amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נוֹדַ֤עְתִּיnwōdaʿətiy
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ʾălēyhem
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לְ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔םləʿēynēyhem
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
לְ/הוֹצִיאָ֖/םləhwōṣiyʾām
appearpronH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץmēʾereṣ
earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִצְרָֽיִםmiṣərāyim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
Words 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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