And as for your birth,וּמוֹלְדוֹתַיִךְon the dayבְּיוֹםyou were bornהוּלֶּדֶת אֹתָךְyour navel cordשָׁרֵּךְwas notלֹאcut,כָרַּתand you were notוּ לֹאwashedרֻחַצְתְּwith waterבְמַיִםfor cleansing,לְמִשְׁעִיand you were notוְ לֹאrubbed with salt,הָמְלֵחַ הֻמְלַחַתְּand you were notוְ לֹאwrapped in cloths.הָחְתֵּל חֻתָּלְתְּ
Ezekiel 16:4
Study it in the app“And as for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for cleansing, and you were not rubbed with salt, and you were not wrapped in cloths.”
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Ezekiel 16:4, word by word
- And as for your birthמוֹלְדוֹתַיִmoldotayi
birth
The fact of coming into the world, or the place where someone was born.
Where else “moldotayi” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- you were bornהוּלֶּדֶתhuledet
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “huledet” appears- your navel cordשָׁרֵּshare
navel
The navel, the umbilical cord; figuratively, the center of the body and of its strength.
Where else “share” appears- cutכָרַּתcharat
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “charat” appears- washedרֻחַצְתְּruchatst
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “ruchatst” appears- with waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- for cleansingמִשְׁעִיmishi
cleansing
A rare word; probably cleansing, washing ("to cleanse you").
Where else “mishi” appears- rubbed with saltהָמְלֵחַhamleach
salt
To rub or sprinkle with salt, for flavor or to preserve.
Where else “hamleach” appears- wrapped in clothsהָחְתֵּלhachtel
wrap in cloths
To wrap a newborn in cloths.
Where else “hachtel” appears
The context
3and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was the Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.
4 · This verse (above)
5No eye pitied you to do for you one of these things out of compassion for you; but you were thrown out on the face of the field in the loathing of your soul, on the day you were born.