girdedחֲגוֹרֵיwith beltsאֵזוֹרon their loins,בְּמָתְנֵיהֶםwith danglingסְרוּחֵיturbansטְבוּלִיםon their heads,בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶםwith the appearanceמַרְאֵהof officers,שָׁלִשִׁיםall of them,כֻּלָּםthe likenessדְּמוּתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Babylon,בָבֶלof Chaldea,כַּשְׂדִּיםthe landאֶרֶץof their birth.מוֹלַדְתָּם
Ezekiel 23:15
Study it in the app“girded 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:15, word by word
- girdedחֲגוֹרֵיchagore
gird
Wearing a band tied round the waist.
Where else “chagore” appears- with beltsאֵזוֹרezor
belt, band
A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.
Where else “ezor” appears- on their loinsמָתְנֵיmatne
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appears- with danglingסְרוּחֵיseruche
hang over
To droop, as extra cloth; grow wide, like a vine.
Where else “seruche” appears- turbansטְבוּלִיםtevulim
turban
A turban, probably of dyed cloth.
Where else “tevulim” appears- on their headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- with the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- of officersשָׁלִשִׁיםshalishim
officer
A high army commander.
Where else “shalishim” appears- the likenessדְּמוּתdemut
likeness
Likeness, resemblance; form, model; "like". It goes with "image": the human being was made to be like God in some way and to represent him, without being equal to him.
Where else “demut” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- of Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldea
The land of Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia, where Babylon stood.
Where else “kasdim” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of their birthמוֹלַדְתָּmoladta
birth
The fact of coming into the world, or the place where someone was born.
Where else “moladta” appears
Translation note
“Officers”: literally “thirds”; it may refer to the third man of the war chariot.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
14And she added to her prostitutions; and she saw men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans engraved in vermilion,
15 · This verse (above)
16And she was infatuated with them at the sight of her eyes, and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.