Ezekiel 16:25

“At 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.”

Ezekiel 16:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 16:25, word by word

the headרֹאשׁrosh

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

Where else “rosh” appears
roadדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
you builtבָּנִיתbanit

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “banit” appears
your lofty placeרָמָתֵramate

height

Height, a raised place. In the prophets, a high place used for the worship of idols.

Where else “ramate” appears
your beautyיָפְיֵyafye

beauty

Beauty, loveliness.

Where else “yafye” appears
abominableתְּתַעֲבִיtetaavi

act abominably

To do detestable things.

Where else “tetaavi” appears
and spreadתְּפַשְּׂקִיtefaski

open wide

To open wide (the lips or the legs); to speak without restraint.

Where else “tefaski” appears
your legsרַגְלַיִraglayi

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “raglayi” appears
passing byעוֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “over” appears
and multipliedתַּרְבִּיtarbi

increase

To make an amount larger, adding and adding.

Where else “tarbi” appears
your prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתָיִtaznutayi

prostitution

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

Where else “taznutayi” appears

The context

24that you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty place in every square.

25 · This verse (above)

26And you prostituted yourself with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, great of flesh, and multiplied your prostitution to provoke me.

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