Youאַתְּare the daughterבַּתof your mother,אִמֵּךְwho loathedגֹּעֶלֶתher husbandאִישָׁהּand her sons;וּבָנֶיהָand youאַתְּare the sisterוַאֲחוֹתof your sisters,אֲחוֹתֵךְwhoאֲשֶׁרloathedגָּעֲלוּtheir husbandsאַנְשֵׁיהֶןand their sons.וּבְנֵיהֶןYour motherאִמְּכֶןwas a Hittite,חִתִּיתand your fatherוַאֲבִיכֶןan Amorite.אֱמֹרִי
Ezekiel 16:45
Study it in the app“You 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:45, word by word
- are the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of your motherאִמֵּime
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appears- who loathedגֹּעֶלֶתgoelet
loathe
To reject something in disgust.
Where else “goelet” appears- her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- and her sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- are the sisterאֲחוֹתachot
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appears- was a Hittiteחִתִּיתchitit
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chitit” appears- and your fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- an Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears
The context
44Look, everyone who speaks proverbs will speak this proverb about you, saying, “Like the mother, her daughter.”
45 · This verse (above)
46And your older sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, who dwell at your left; and your sister who is younger than you, who dwells at your right, is Sodom and her daughters.