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But you trustedוַתִּבְטְחִיin your beautyבְיָפְיֵךְand prostituted yourselfוַתִּזְנִיbecause of your name,עַל שְׁמֵךְand poured outוַתִּשְׁפְּכִיyour prostitutionsאֶת תַּזְנוּתַיִךְon everyoneעַל כָּלpassing by;עוֹבֵרhisלוֹit was.יֶהִי
Ezekiel 16:15
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Ezekiel 16:15, word by word
- But you trustedתִּבְטְחִיtivtchi
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “tivtchi” appears- in your beautyיָפְיֵyafye
beauty
Beauty, loveliness.
Where else “yafye” appears- and prostituted yourselfתִּזְנִיtizni
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tizni” appears- because of your nameשְׁמֵsheme
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “sheme” appears- and poured outתִּשְׁפְּכִיtishpchi
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “tishpchi” appears- your prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתַיִtaznutayi
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznutayi” appears- passing byעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- it wasיֶהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears
The context
14And your name went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was complete through my splendor that I had set upon you, declares Adonai YHWH.
15 · This verse (above)
16And you took some of your garments and made for yourself high places of many colors, and prostituted yourself on them, things that have not come and will not be.