Ezekiel 8:5
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
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ASV
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
KJV
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֵלַ֔י | 'e.Lai | to me | H413 → |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | O son of | H1121 → |
| אָדָ֕ם | 'a.Dam | humankind | H120 → |
| שָׂא־ | sa'- | lift up | H5375 → |
| נָ֥א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| עֵינֶ֖יךָ | 'ei.Nei.kha | eyes your | H5869 → |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | De.rekh | [the] direction | H1870 → |
| צָפ֑וֹנָה | tza.Fo.nah | north -ward | H6828 → |
| וָאֶשָּׂ֤א | va.'e.Sa' | and I lifted up | H5375 → |
| עֵינַי֙ | 'ei.Nai | eyes my | H5869 → |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | De.rekh | [the] direction | H1870 → |
| צָפ֔וֹנָה | tza.Fo.nah | north -ward | H6828 → |
| וְהִנֵּ֤ה | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| מִצָּפוֹן֙ | mi.tza.fOn | from [the] north | H6828 → |
| לְשַׁ֣עַר | le.Sha.'ar | of [the] gate of | H8179 → |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ | ha.miz.Be.ach | the altar | H4196 → |
| סֵ֛מֶל | Se.mel | [the] idol of | H5566 → |
| הַקִּנְאָ֥ה | ha.kin.'Ah | <the> jealousy | H7068 → |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| בַּבִּאָֽה׃ | ba.bi.'Ah | [was] in the entrance | H872 → |
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