Ezekiel 16:47

“And not in their ways did you walk, nor according to their abominations did you do as if that were a very little thing; but you acted more corruptly than they in all your ways.”

Ezekiel 16:47 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 16:47, word by word

in their waysדַרְכֵיdarche

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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did you walkהָלַכְתְּhalacht

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

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nor according to their abominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיtoavote

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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did you doעָשִׂיתasit

do

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

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as if that were a very little thingמְעַטmeat

few

A small amount: few in number, or a short time.

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as if that were a very little thingקָטkat

very little

Very little, barely.

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but you acted more corruptlyתַּשְׁחִתִיtashchiti

corrupt

To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.

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than theyהֵןhen

they (feminine)

They (feminine); those.

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The context

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.

47 · This verse (above)

48As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, Sodom your sister, she and her daughters, has not done as you and your daughters have done.

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