Ezekiel 23:15

“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.”

Ezekiel 23:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:15, word by word

girdedחֲגוֹרֵיchagore

gird

Wearing a band tied round the waist.

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with beltsאֵזוֹרezor

belt, band

A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.

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on their loinsמָתְנֵיmatne

waist, loins

Waist, loins.

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with danglingסְרוּחֵיseruche

hang over

To droop, as extra cloth; grow wide, like a vine.

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turbansטְבוּלִיםtevulim

turban

A turban, probably of dyed cloth.

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on their headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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with the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare

appearance

The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.

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of officersשָׁלִשִׁיםshalishim

officer

A high army commander.

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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.

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of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Babylonבָבֶלvavel

Babel, Babylon

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of Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldea

The land of Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia, where Babylon stood.

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the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of their birthמוֹלַדְתָּmoladta

birth

The fact of coming into the world, or the place where someone was born.

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Translation note

“Officers”: literally “thirds”; it may refer to the third man of the war chariot.

Places in this verse

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

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

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.

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