Ezekiel 16:31

“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.”

Ezekiel 16:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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!

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