Ezekiel 12:16
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.”
סָפַר
To recount, to declare, to tell. Saphar. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
מַעַן
so that
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מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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תּוֹעֵבַה
abominations/ their
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תּוֹעֵבַה
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
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יְהֹוָה
am Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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מִסְפָּר
number
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מִסְפָּר
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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