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Howמָהweakאֲמֻלָהis your heart,לִבָּתֵךְdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהwhen you doבַּעֲשׂוֹתֵךְallאֶת כָּלthese things,אֵלֶּהthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof an imperiousשַׁלָּטֶתprostituteזוֹנָהwoman!אִשָּׁה
Ezekiel 16:30
Study it in the app“How weak is your heart, declares Adonai YHWH, when you do all these things, the work of an imperious prostitute woman!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:30, word by word
- weakאֲמֻלָהamula
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “amula” appears- is your heartלִבָּתֵlibate
heart
Heart (another form of the same word): the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “libate” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- when you doעֲשׂוֹתֵasote
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asote” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of an imperiousשַׁלָּטֶתshalatet
domineering
Domineering, imperious; said of a woman who imposes herself without shame.
Where else “shalatet” appears- prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
29And you multiplied your prostitution with the land of Canaan, Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.
30 · This verse (above)
31When you built your mound at the head of every road and made your lofty place in every square, you were not like the prostitute, for you scoffed at the fee.