Look,הִנֵּהthisזֶהwasהָיָהthe iniquityעֲוֺןof Sodomסְדֹםyour sister:אֲחוֹתֵךְpride,גָּאוֹןfullnessשִׂבְעַתof bread,לֶחֶםand carelessהַשְׁקֵטeaseוְשַׁלְוַתwereהָיָהhersלָהּand her daughters’,וְלִבְנוֹתֶיהָbut the handוְיַדof the poorעָנִיand the needyוְאֶבְיוֹןshe did notלֹאstrengthen.הֶחֱזִיקָה
Ezekiel 16:49
Study it in the app“Look, this was the iniquity of Sodom your sister: pride, fullness of bread, and careless ease were hers and her daughters’, but the hand of the poor and the needy she did not strengthen.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:49, word by word
- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of Sodomסְדֹםsedom
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appears- your sisterאֲחוֹתֵachote
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achote” appears- prideגָּאוֹןgaon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “gaon” appears- fullnessשִׂבְעַתsivat
abundance, fullness
Fullness, satiety.
Where else “sivat” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and carelessהַשְׁקֵטhashket
be at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “hashket” appears- easeשַׁלְוַתshalvat
ease, security
Ease, quietness; the security of one who lives without cares (sometimes a false security).
Where else “shalvat” appears- and her daughters’בְנוֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- but the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the poorעָנִיani
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appears- and the needyאֶבְיוֹןevyon
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appears- strengthenהֶחֱזִיקָהhechezika
repair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “hechezika” appears
Places in this verse
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
The context
48As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, Sodom your sister, she and her daughters, has not done as you and your daughters have done.
49 · This verse (above)
50And they were haughty and did abomination before me, and I removed them when I saw it.