22{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.20.22",
"source": "וַהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י וָאַ֖עַשׂ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑י לְבִלְתִּ֤י הֵחֵל֙ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אוֹתָ֖ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם",
"text": "And *hăšibōtî* my *yādî* and *ʾaʿaś* for the sake of my *šəmî*, to not *hēḥēl* before the eyes of the *gôyim* which *hôṣēʾtî* them before their eyes",
"grammar": {
"*wa-hăšibōtî*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I withdrew/turned back",
"*ʾet-yādî*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hand",
"*wā-ʾaʿaś*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 1st person singular - and I acted",
"*ləmaʿan*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for the sake of",
"*šəmî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my name",
"*ləbiltî*": "preposition + negative particle - to not, so as not to",
"*hēḥēl*": "Niphal infinitive construct - to be profaned",
"*lə-ʿênê*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - before the eyes of",
"*ha-gôyim*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the nations",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*hôṣēʾtî*": "Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I brought out",
"*ʾôtām*": "direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them",
"*lə-ʿênêhem*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before their eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*hăšibōtî ʾet-yādî*": "I withdrew my hand (idiom for restraining action)",
"*ʾaʿaś*": "acted, worked, did",
"*ləmaʿan šəmî*": "for the sake of my name, for my reputation",
"*hēḥēl*": "to be profaned, to be desecrated",
"*gôyim*": "nations, gentiles, peoples",
"*hôṣēʾtî*": "I brought out, I led out"
}
}
23{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.20.23",
"source": "גַּם־אֲנִ֗י נָשָׂ֧אתִי אֶת־יָדִ֛י לָהֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר לְהָפִ֤יץ אֹתָם֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וּלְזָר֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת",
"text": "Also *ʾănî* *nāśāʾtî* my *yādî* to them in the *midbar*, *lĕhāpîṣ* them among the *gôyim* and *lĕzārôt* them in the *ʾărāṣôt*",
"grammar": {
"*gam*": "adverb - also, moreover",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I",
"*nāśāʾtî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I lifted/raised",
"*ʾet-yādî*": "direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hand",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*ba-midbar*": "preposition with definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness",
"*lĕhāpîṣ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to scatter",
"*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them",
"*ba-gôyim*": "preposition with definite article + noun, masculine plural - among the nations",
"*û-lĕzārôt*": "conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct - and to disperse",
"*ʾôtām*": "direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them",
"*bā-ʾărāṣôt*": "preposition with definite article + noun, feminine plural - in the lands"
},
"variants": {
"*nāśāʾtî yādî*": "lifted my hand (idiom for swearing an oath)",
"*midbar*": "wilderness, desert, uninhabited land",
"*lĕhāpîṣ*": "to scatter, to disperse",
"*gôyim*": "nations, gentiles, peoples",
"*lĕzārôt*": "to disperse, to winnow, to scatter",
"*ʾărāṣôt*": "lands, countries, territories"
}
}
24{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.20.24",
"source": "יַ֜עַן מִשְׁפָּטַ֤י לֹֽא־עָשׂוּ֙ וְחֻקּוֹתַ֣י מָאָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י חִלֵּ֑לוּ וְאַחֲרֵי֙ גִּלּוּלֵ֣י אֲבוֹתָ֔ם הָי֖וּ עֵינֵיהֶֽם",
"text": "*yaʿan* my *mišpāṭay* not *ʿāśû* and my *ḥuqqôtay* they *māʾāsû* and my *šabbĕtôtay* they *ḥillēlû*, and after the *gillûlê* of their *ʾăbôtām* were their *ʿênêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*yaʿan*": "conjunction - because, since",
"*mišpāṭay*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my judgments",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʿāśû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they did",
"*wə-ḥuqqôtay*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my statutes",
"*māʾāsû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they rejected",
"*wə-ʾet*": "conjunction + direct object marker",
"*šabbĕtôtay*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my sabbaths",
"*ḥillēlû*": "Piel perfect 3rd person common plural - they profaned",
"*wə-ʾaḥărê*": "conjunction + preposition - and after",
"*gillûlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - idols of",
"*ʾăbôtām*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers",
"*hāyû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - were",
"*ʿênêhem*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*yaʿan*": "because, since, on account of",
"*mišpāṭay*": "my judgments, ordinances, legal decisions",
"*ʿāśû*": "did, performed, fulfilled",
"*ḥuqqôtay*": "my statutes, my decrees, my prescribed laws",
"*māʾāsû*": "rejected, despised, refused",
"*šabbĕtôtay*": "my sabbaths, my rest days",
"*ḥillēlû*": "profaned, desecrated, violated",
"*gillûlê*": "idols of, dung-gods of (derogatory term)",
"*ʾaḥărê gillûlê ʾăbôtām hāyû ʿênêhem*": "their eyes were after their fathers' idols (idiom for desiring/following idols)"
}
}