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Look,הִנֵּהeveryoneכָּלwho speaks proverbsהַמֹּשֵׁלwill speak this proverbיִמְשֹׁלabout you,עָלַיִךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“Likeכְּthe mother,אִמָּהher daughter.”בִּתָּהּ
Ezekiel 16:44
Study it in the app“Look, everyone who speaks proverbs will speak this proverb about you, saying, “Like the mother, her daughter.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:44, word by word
- who speaks proverbsמֹּשֵׁלmoshel
speak proverbs
To speak in sayings or pictures that people repeat.
Where else “moshel” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- the motherאִמָּima
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ima” appears- her daughterבִּתָּbita
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bita” appears
The context
43Because 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?
44 · This verse (above)
45You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her sons; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.