Ezekiel 16:43

“Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but raged against me with all these things, I also, look, will bring your way on your head, declares Adonai YHWH; and did you not commit the infamy on top of all your abominations?”

Ezekiel 16:43 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 16:43, word by word

rememberזָכַרְתְּzachart

remember

To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.

Where else “zachart” appears
the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears
of your youthנְעוּרַיִneurayi

youth

Youth: the time of being young.

Where else “neurayi” appears
but ragedתִּרְגְּזִיtirgzi

rage

To rage and be in an uproar, or to disturb others.

Where else “tirgzi” appears
lookהֵאhe

here!

Here! Here you are, take it!

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will bringנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

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your wayדַּרְכֵּdarke

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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on your headרֹאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

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".

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commitעָשִׂיתasit

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asit” appears
the infamyזִּמָּהzima

lewdness

A shameful deed, especially sexual.

Where else “zima” appears
your abominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתָיִtoavotayi

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.

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The context

42And I will make my fury rest on you, and my jealousy will turn away from you, and I will be quiet and will no longer be provoked.

43 · This verse (above)

44Look, everyone who speaks proverbs will speak this proverb about you, saying, “Like the mother, her daughter.”

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