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And you multipliedוַתַּרְבִּיyour prostitutionאֶת תַּזְנוּתֵךְwith the landאֶל אֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןChaldea,כַּשְׂדִּימָהand evenוְגַםwith thisבְּזֹאתyou were notלֹאsatisfied.שָׂבָעַתְּ
Ezekiel 16:29
Study it in the app“And you multiplied your prostitution with the land of Canaan, Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:29, word by word
- And you multipliedתַּרְבִּיtarbi
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “tarbi” appears- your prostitutionתַּזְנוּתֵtaznute
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznute” appears- with the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּימָkasdima
Chaldea
The land of Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia, where Babylon stood.
Where else “kasdima” appears- satisfiedשָׂבָעַתְּsavaat
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “savaat” appears
Translation note
“Land of Canaan”: it can be understood as “land of traders” (the word “Canaanite” also means “merchant”), said of Chaldea.
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
28And you prostituted yourself with the sons of Assyria, because you were never satisfied; you prostituted yourself with them, and still you were not satisfied.
29 · This verse (above)
30How weak is your heart, declares Adonai YHWH, when you do all these things, the work of an imperious prostitute woman!