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And it came to passוַיְהִיafterאַחֲרֵיallכָּלyour wickednessרָעָתֵךְ(woe,אוֹיwoeאוֹיto you!לָךְdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH)יְהוִה
Ezekiel 16:23
Study it in the app“And it came to pass after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares Adonai YHWH)”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:23, word by word
- And it came to passיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- your wickednessרָעָתֵraate
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raate” appears- (woeאוֹיoy
woe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWH)יְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears
The context
22And 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24that you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty place in every square.