A myriad,רְבָבָהlike the growthכְּצֶמַחof the field,הַשָּׂדֶהI made you,נְתַתִּיךְand you grewוַתִּרְבִּיand became tallוַתִּגְדְּלִיand cameוַתָּבֹאִיto the ornamentבַּעֲדִיof ornaments;עֲדָיִיםyour breastsשָׁדַיִםwere formed,נָכֹנוּand your hairוּשְׂעָרֵךְhad grown;צִמֵּחַyet you wereוְאַתְּnakedעֵרֹםand bare.וְעֶרְיָה
Ezekiel 16:7
Study it in the app“A myriad, like the growth of the field, I made you, and you grew and became tall and came to the ornament of ornaments; your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:7, word by word
- A myriadרְבָבָהrevava
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “revava” appears- like the growthצֶמַחtsemach
growth, sprout
What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.
Where else “tsemach” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- I made youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- and you grewתִּרְבִּיtirbi
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “tirbi” appears- and became tallתִּגְדְּלִיtigdli
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “tigdli” appears- and cameתָּבֹאִיtavoi
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavoi” appears- to the ornamentעֲדִיadi
ornaments
Ornaments, jewelry worn on the body.
Where else “adi” appears- your breastsשָׁדַיִםshadayim
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shadayim” appears- were formedנָכֹנוּnachonu
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “nachonu” appears- and your hairשְׂעָרֵseare
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “seare” appears- had grownצִמֵּחַtsimeach
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “tsimeach” appears- nakedעֵרֹםerom
naked
Without clothes, exposed and ashamed.
Where else “erom” appears- and bareעֶרְיָהerya
nakedness, bareness
Nakedness, being uncovered or laid bare.
Where else “erya” appears
Translation note
“The ornament of ornaments”: uncertain sense; perhaps the full beauty of marriageable age.
The context
6And I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live”; and I said to you in your blood, “Live.”
7 · This verse (above)
8And I passed by you and saw you, and look, your time was the time of love; and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; and I swore to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares Adonai YHWH, and you became mine.