And you prostituted yourselfוַתִּזְנִיwith the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםyour neighbors,שְׁכֵנַיִךְgreatגִּדְלֵיof flesh,בָשָׂרand multipliedוַתַּרְבִּיyour prostitutionאֶת תַּזְנֻתֵךְto provoke me.לְהַכְעִיסֵנִי
Ezekiel 16:26
Study it in the app“And you prostituted yourself with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, great of flesh, and multiplied your prostitution to provoke me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:26, word by word
- And you prostituted yourselfתִּזְנִיtizni
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tizni” appears- with the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- your neighborsשְׁכֵנַיִshechenayi
neighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechenayi” appears- greatגִּדְלֵיgidle
huge
Huge of body.
Where else “gidle” appears- of fleshבָשָׂרvasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vasar” appears- and multipliedתַּרְבִּיtarbi
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “tarbi” appears- your prostitutionתַּזְנֻתֵtaznute
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznute” appears- to provoke meהַכְעִיסֵhachise
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachise” appears
Translation note
“Great of flesh”: a sexual expression in Hebrew (flesh = the male member).
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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.
26 · This verse (above)
27And look, I have stretched out my hand against you and withdrawn your allotted portion, and given you to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your way of infamy.