Ezekiel 24:11
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Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
In other translations
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
Hebrew words
וְהַעֲמִידֶהָveha'amidehaand set itH5975עַל־'al-onH5921גֶּחָלֶיהָgechaleihaburning coals itsH1513רֵקָהrekahemptyH7386לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616תֵּחַםtechamit may grow warmH2552וְחָרָהvecharahand it will be hotH2787נְחֻשְׁתָּהּnechushtahbronze itsH5178וְנִתְּכָהvenitekhahand it will be meltedH5413בְתוֹכָהּvetokhahin [the] midst of itH8432טֻמְאָתָהּtum'atahuncleanness itsH2932תִּתֻּםtitumit may be consumedH8552חֶלְאָתָהּ׃chel'atahrust itsH2457
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