And you tookוַתִּקְחִיyour objectsכְּלֵיof beauty,תִפְאַרְתֵּךְof my goldמִזְּהָבִיand of my silver,וּמִכַּסְפִּיwhichאֲשֶׁרI had givenנָתַתִּיyou,לָךְand madeוַתַּעֲשִׂיfor yourselfלָךְimagesצַלְמֵיof a male,זָכָרand prostituted yourselfוַתִּזְנִיwith them.בָם
Ezekiel 16:17
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:17, word by word
- And you tookתִּקְחִיtikchi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikchi” appears- your objectsכְּלֵיkele
utensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “kele” appears- of beautyתִפְאַרְתֵּtifarte
beauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifarte” appears- of my goldזְּהָבִzehavi
gold
Gold.
Where else “zehavi” appears- and of my silverכַּסְפִּkaspi
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kaspi” appears- I had givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- and madeתַּעֲשִׂיtaasi
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taasi” appears- imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme
image
What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.
Where else “tsalme” appears- of a maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- and prostituted yourselfתִּזְנִיtizni
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tizni” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and my oil and my incense you set before them.