Ezekiel 16:22

“And in all your abominations and your prostitutions you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.”

Ezekiel 16:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 16:22, word by word

your abominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתַיִtoavotayi

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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and your prostitutionsתַזְנֻתַיִtaznutayi

prostitution

Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.

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rememberזָכַרְתְּzachart

remember

To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.

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the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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of your youthנְעוּרָיִneurayi

youth

Youth: the time of being young.

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when you wereהְיוֹתֵheote

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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nakedעֵרֹםerom

naked

Without clothes, exposed and ashamed.

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and bareעֶרְיָהerya

nakedness, bareness

Nakedness, being uncovered or laid bare.

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wallowingמִתְבּוֹסֶסֶתmitboseset

wallow

To thrash about on the ground, unable to get up.

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in your bloodדָמֵdame

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

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The context

21that you slaughtered my sons and gave them up by making them pass over to them?

22 · This verse (above)

23And it came to pass after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares Adonai YHWH)

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