Ezekiel 23:14

“And she added to her prostitutions; and she saw men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans engraved in vermilion,”

Ezekiel 23:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:14, word by word

And she addedתּוֹסֶףtosef

add

To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.

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to her prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתֶיtaznute

prostitution

Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.

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and she sawתֵּרֶאtere

see

To see with one's eyes.

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menאַנְשֵׁיanshe

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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carvedמְחֻקֶּהmechuke

carve, engrave

Engrave, carve a design on a surface. As a participle, "what is engraved."

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on the wallקִּירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

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imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme

image

What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.

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of Chaldeansכַשְׂדִּיםchasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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engravedחֲקֻקִיםchakukim

engrave

To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.

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in vermilionשָּׁשַׁרshashar

vermilion

Vermilion, red paint.

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The context

13And I saw that she had defiled herself; one way belonged to the two of them.

14 · This verse (above)

15girded with belts on their loins, with dangling turbans on their heads, with the appearance of officers, all of them, the likeness of the sons of Babylon, of Chaldea, the land of their birth.

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