ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִהBecauseיַעַןyour copperנְחֻשְׁתֵּךְwas poured outהִשָּׁפֵךְand your nakednessוַ עֶרְוָתֵךְwas uncoveredתִּגָּלֶהin your prostitutionsבְּתַזְנוּתַיִךְwith your lovers,עַל מְאַהֲבָיִךְand with allוְעַל כָּלthe idolsגִּלּוּלֵיof your abominations,תוֹעֲבוֹתַיִךְand because of the bloodוְכִדְמֵיof your sonsבָנַיִךְthatאֲשֶׁרyou gaveנָתַתְּto them,לָהֶם
Ezekiel 16:36
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because your copper was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitutions with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations, and because of the blood of your sons that you gave to them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:36, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
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 “yehovi” appears- your copperנְחֻשְׁתֵּnechushte
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechushte” appears- was poured outהִשָּׁפֵךְhishafech
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “hishafech” appears- and your nakednessעֶרְוָתֵervate
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervate” appears- was uncoveredתִּגָּלֶהtigale
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “tigale” appears- in your prostitutionsתַזְנוּתַיִtaznutayi
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznutayi” appears- with your loversמְאַהֲבָיִmeahavayi
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahavayi” appears- the idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- of your abominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתַיִtoavotayi
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavotayi” appears- and because of the bloodדְמֵיdeme
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appears- of your sonsבָנַיִvanayi
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanayi” appears- you gaveנָתַתְּnatat
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natat” appears
Translation note
“Your copper”: uncertain sense; perhaps your money (paid to the lovers, 16:33-34) or, with another similar word, your impurity.
The context
35Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of YHWH!
36 · This verse (above)
37therefore, look, I am gathering all your lovers to whom you were pleasing, and all whom you loved, with all whom you hated; and I will gather them against you from all around, and uncover your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.