When you builtבִּ גַּבֵּyour moundבְנוֹתַיִךְ ךְat the headבְּרֹאשׁof everyכָּלroadדֶּרֶךְand madeוְ עָשִׂיתyour lofty placeרָמָתֵךְin everyבְּכָלsquare,רְחוֹבyou were notוְלֹא הָיִיתlike the prostitute,כַּזּוֹנָהfor you scoffedלְקַלֵּסat the fee.אֶתְנָן
Ezekiel 16:31
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:31, word by word
- When you builtגַּבֵּgabe
mound
A shrine raised to idols.
Where else “gabe” appears- your moundבְנוֹתַיִvenotayi
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venotayi” appears- at 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- and madeעָשִׂיתasit
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asit” 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- squareרְחוֹבrechov
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appears- you were notהָיִיתhayit
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayit” appears- like the prostituteזּוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- for you scoffedקַלֵּסkales
mock, scoff
Mock, scoff at someone, hold him in contempt.
Where else “kales” appears- at the feeאֶתְנָןetnan
wages of a prostitute
The pay of a prostitute; also a gift.
Where else “etnan” appears
The context
30How weak is your heart, declares Adonai YHWH, when you do all these things, the work of an imperious prostitute woman!
31 · This verse (above)
32The adulterous wife, who instead of her husband takes strangers!