Atאֶלthe headרֹאשׁof everyכָּלroadדֶּרֶךְyou builtבָּנִיתyour lofty place,רָמָתֵךְand madeוַyour beautyאֶת יָפְיֵךְabominable,תְּתַעֲבִיand spreadוַתְּפַשְּׂקִיyour legsאֶת רַגְלַיִךְto everyoneלְכָלpassing by,עוֹבֵרand multipliedוַתַּרְבִּיyour prostitutions.אֶת תַּזְנוּתָיִךְ
Ezekiel 16:25
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.