{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.5.11",
"source": "לָכֵ֣ן חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ אִם־לֹ֗א יַ֚עַן אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁ֣י טִמֵּ֔את בְּכָל־שִׁקּוּצַ֖יִךְ וּבְכָל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֑יִךְ וְגַם־אֲנִ֤י אֶגְרַע֙ וְלֹא־תָח֣וֹס עֵינִ֔י וְגַם־אֲנִ֖י לֹ֥א אֶחְמֽוֹל׃",
"text": "*lākēn* *ḥay-ʾānî* *nəʾum* *ʾădōnāy* *yəhwih* *ʾim-lōʾ* *yaʿan* *ʾet-miqdāšî* *ṭimmēʾt* *bə-kol-šiqqûṣayk* û-*bə-kol-tôʿăbōtāyk* wə-*gam-ʾănî* *ʾegraʿ* wə-*lōʾ-tāḥôs* *ʿênî* wə-*gam-ʾănî* *lōʾ* *ʾeḥmôl*",
"grammar": {
"*lākēn*": "adverb - therefore",
"*ḥay-ʾānî*": "adjective + 1st person singular pronoun - as I live",
"*nəʾum*": "construct noun - declaration of",
"*ʾădōnāy*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix used as divine name - my Lord",
"*yəhwih*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - surely",
"*yaʿan*": "conjunction - because",
"*ʾet-miqdāšî*": "direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my sanctuary",
"*ṭimmēʾt*": "piel perfect 2nd person feminine singular - you have defiled",
"*bə-kol-šiqqûṣayk*": "preposition + construct noun + masculine plural noun + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - with all your detestable things",
"û-*bə-kol-tôʿăbōtāyk*": "conjunction + preposition + construct noun + feminine plural noun + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - and with all your abominations",
"wə-*gam-ʾănî*": "conjunction + adverb + 1st person singular pronoun - and also I",
"*ʾegraʿ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will diminish/withdraw",
"wə-*lōʾ-tāḥôs*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - and will not spare",
"*ʿênî*": "feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my eye",
"wə-*gam-ʾănî*": "conjunction + adverb + 1st person singular pronoun - and also I",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾeḥmôl*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will have pity"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥay-ʾānî*": "as I live/by my life - oath formula",
"*nəʾum*": "declaration/utterance/oracle",
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "particle of oath - surely/certainly",
"*miqdāšî*": "my sanctuary/holy place",
"*ṭimmēʾt*": "defiled/made unclean/polluted",
"*šiqqûṣayk*": "your detestable things/abominations/idols",
"*ʾegraʿ*": "diminish/withdraw/cut off",
"*tāḥôs ʿênî*": "my eye will spare - idiom for showing mercy",
"*ʾeḥmôl*": "have pity/compassion/mercy"
}
}