Ezekiel 16:56

“And was not Sodom your sister a report in your mouth in the day of your pride,”

Ezekiel 16:56 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 16:56, word by word

And was notהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayta” appears
your sisterאֲחוֹתֵachote

sister

A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.

Where else “achote” appears
a reportשְׁמוּעָהshemua

report, news

Report, news: what one hears said.

Where else “shemua” appears
in your mouthפִיfi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

Where else “fi” appears
in the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
of your prideגְּאוֹנָיִgeonayi

pride

Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.

Where else “geonayi” appears

Places in this verse

Dead SeaSodom?
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 19:24Genesis 13:13Genesis 18:20Matthew 10:15

The context

55And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state.

56 · This verse (above)

57before your wickedness was uncovered? As at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram and of all those around her, the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you all around.

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