Ezekiel 16:4

“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.”

Ezekiel 16:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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