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And you tookוַתִּקְחִיsome of your garmentsמִבְּגָדַיִךְand madeוַתַּעֲשִׂיfor yourselfלָךְhigh placesבָּמוֹתof many colors,טְלֻאוֹתand prostituted yourselfוַתִּזְנִיon them,עֲלֵיהֶםthings that have notלֹאcomeבָאוֹתand will notוְלֹאbe.יִהְיֶה
Ezekiel 16:16
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:16, word by word
- And you tookתִּקְחִיtikchi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikchi” appears- some of your garmentsבְּגָדַיִbegadayi
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begadayi” appears- and madeתַּעֲשִׂיtaasi
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taasi” appears- high placesבָּמוֹתbamot
high place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appears- of many colorsטְלֻאוֹתteluot
many-colored
Of many colours.
Where else “teluot” appears- and prostituted yourselfתִּזְנִיtizni
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tizni” appears- comeבָאוֹתvaot
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vaot” appears- beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears
The context
15But you trusted in your beauty and prostituted yourself because of your name, and poured out your prostitutions on everyone passing by; his it was.
16 · This verse (above)
17And you took your objects of beauty, of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of a male, and prostituted yourself with them.