The Meaning of Ezekiel 20:20 Explained

Ezekiel 20:20

KJV: And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

YLT: And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, am your God.

Darby: and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

ASV: and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And hallow  my sabbaths;  and they shall be a sign  between me and you, that ye may know  that I [am] the LORD  your God. 

What does Ezekiel 20:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 20

1  God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel
4  He shows the story of their rebellions in Egypt
19  in the desert
27  and in the land
33  He promises to gather them by the Gospel
45  Under the name of a forest he shows the destruction of Jerusalem

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 20:20 mean?

And My Sabbaths holy and they will be a sign between Me and you that you may know that I [am] Yahweh your God
וְאֶת־ שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י קַדֵּ֑שׁוּ וְהָי֤וּ לְאוֹת֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶ֔ם לָדַ֕עַת כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י  My  Sabbaths 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
קַדֵּ֑שׁוּ  holy 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
וְהָי֤וּ  and  they  will  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְאוֹת֙  a  sign 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular
Root: אֹות  
Sense: sign, signal.
בֵּינִ֣י  between  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
וּבֵֽינֵיכֶ֔ם  and  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
לָדַ֕עַת  that  you  may  know 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּ֛י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֲנִ֥י  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).