Ezekiel 11:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, [every one of] them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּפֹּ֣ל עָלַי֮ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָה֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אֱמֹר֙ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כֵּ֥ן אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמַעֲל֥וֹת רֽוּחֲכֶ֖ם אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

wə-tippōl upon-me rûaḥ Yhwh wə-yōʾmer to-me ʾĕmōr thus-ʾāmar Yhwh so ʾămartem bêt Yiśrāʾēl and-maʿălôt rûḥăkem I yədaʿtîhā

Grammar Details

• *wə-tippōl*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and fell
• *rûaḥ*: feminine singular construct - spirit of
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - YHWH/LORD
• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾĕmōr*: qal imperative masculine singular - say
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - said
• *ʾămartem*: qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you (plural) have said
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *maʿălôt*: feminine plural construct - risings of/thoughts of
• *rûḥăkem*: feminine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your spirit
• *yədaʿtîhā*: qal perfect 1st singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - I have known it

Word Meanings

• *rûaḥ*: spirit/wind/breath/mind
• *maʿălôt*: risings/thoughts/steps/coming up

Referenced Verses

• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
• Ezek 2:2 : 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
• Ezek 2:4-5 : 4 For [they are] impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they [are] a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
• Ezek 2:7 : 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.
• Ezek 3:11 : 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
• Ezek 3:24 : 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
• Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they [are] a rebellious house.
• Ezek 8:1 : 1 ¶ And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [as] I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.
• Ezek 38:10-11 : 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
• Mal 3:13-14 : 13 ¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee? 14 Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
• Mark 2:8 : 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, ‹Why reason ye these things in your hearts?›
• Mark 3:22-30 : 22 ¶ And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them [unto him], and said unto them in parables, ‹How can Satan cast out Satan?› 24 ‹And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.› 25 ‹And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.› 26 ‹And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.› 27 ‹No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.› 28 ‹Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:› 29 ‹But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:› 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
• John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
• John 21:17 : 17 He saith unto him the third time, ‹Simon,› [son] ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me?› Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, ‹Feed my sheep.›
• Acts 10:44 : 44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
• Acts 11:15 : 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 ‹And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.›
• Num 11:25-26 : 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two [of the] men in the camp, the name of the one [was] Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they [were] of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
• 1 Sam 10:6 : 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
• 1 Sam 10:10 : 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
• Ps 50:21 : 21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
• Ps 139:2-3 : 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
• Isa 28:15 : 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
• Isa 58:1 : 1 ¶ Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 16:17 : 17 For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.