| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 20:17:1 ⧉וַתָּ֧חָסvatakhasand she or it spared Ezekiel 20:17:2 ⧉עֵינִ֛יenimy eye Ezekiel 20:17:3 ⧉עֲלֵיהֶ֖םalehemupon them Ezekiel 20:17:4 ⧉מִשְׁחֲתָ֑םmishkhatamfrom destroying them Ezekiel 20:17:5 ⧉וְלֹא־עָשִׂ֤יתִיveloasitiand not I did Ezekiel 20:17:6 ⧉אוֹתָ֔םotamthem Ezekiel 20:17:7 ⧉כָּלָ֖הkalaa complete end Ezekiel 20:17:8 ⧉בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃bamidbarin the wilderness |
| 17. Formal Translation But I {Yahweh, Compassionate Preserver} had compassion—my eye spared them—from destroying them, and I did not make them perish in the wilderness. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation Yet in My {Yahweh, Merciful Guardian} compassion, My eye spared them from being wiped out, so I did not destroy them in the wilderness. |