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And she was infatuated with themוַתַּעְגְּבָה עֲלֵיהֶםat the sightלְמַרְאֵהof her eyes,עֵינֶיהָand sentוַתִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםto themאֲלֵיהֶםin Chaldea.כַּשְׂדִּימָה
Ezekiel 23:16
Study it in the app“And she was infatuated with them at the sight of her eyes, and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:16, word by word
- And she was infatuated with themתַּעְגְּבָtagva
lust after
To desire passionately; as a noun, a lover.
Where else “tagva” appears- at the sightמַרְאֵהmare
sight
What is seen; how something appears before the eyes.
Where else “mare” appears- of her eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- and sentתִּשְׁלַחtishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appears- messengersמַלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- in Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּימָkasdima
Chaldea
The land of Chaldea, in southern Mesopotamia, where Babylon stood.
Where else “kasdima” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the sons of Babylon came to her, to the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was defiled by them, and her soul felt aversion toward them.