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And you tookוַתִּקְחִיyour embroideredרִקְמָתֵךְgarmentsאֶת בִּגְדֵיand covered them,וַתְּכַסִּיםand my oilוְשַׁמְנִיand my incenseוּקְטָרְתִּיyou setנָתַתְּbefore them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 16:18
Study it in the app“And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and my oil and my incense you set before them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:18, word by word
- And you tookתִּקְחִיtikchi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikchi” appears- your embroideredרִקְמָתֵrikmate
embroidery
Cloth decorated with colored threads.
Where else “rikmate” appears- garmentsבִּגְדֵיbigde
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “bigde” appears- and covered themתְּכַסִּיtechasi
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techasi” appears- and my oilשַׁמְנִshamni
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamni” appears- and my incenseקְטָרְתִּketarti
incense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketarti” appears- you setנָתַתְּnatat
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natat” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19And my bread that I gave you, fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you, you set it before them for a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares Adonai YHWH.