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that you builtוַתִּבְנִיyourselfלָךְa moundגֶּבand madeוַתַּעֲשִׂיyourselfלָךְa lofty placeרָמָהin everyבְּכָלsquare.רְחוֹב
Ezekiel 16:24
Study it in the app“that you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty place in every square.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:24, word by word
- that you builtתִּבְנִיtivni
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tivni” appears- a moundגֶּבgev
mound
A shrine raised to idols.
Where else “gev” appears- and madeתַּעֲשִׂיtaasi
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taasi” appears- a lofty placeרָמָהrama
height
Height, a raised place. In the prophets, a high place used for the worship of idols.
Where else “rama” appears- squareרְחוֹבrechov
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appears
The context
23And it came to pass after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares Adonai YHWH)
24 · This verse (above)
25At the head of every road you built your lofty place, and made your beauty abominable, and spread your legs to everyone passing by, and multiplied your prostitutions.