Ezekiel 23:21

“And you missed the infamy of your youth, when those from Egypt squeezed your bosoms for the sake of the breasts of your youth.”

Ezekiel 23:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:21, word by word

And you missedתִּפְקְדִיtifkdi

be missing

To find something gone.

Where else “tifkdi” appears
the infamyזִמַּתzimat

lewdness

A shameful deed, especially sexual.

Where else “zimat” appears
of your youthנְעוּרָיִneurayi

youth

Youth: the time of being young.

Where else “neurayi” appears
those from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
squeezedעְשׂוֹתesot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “esot” appears
your bosomsדַּדַּיִdadayi

breast

The breast; in the Song and in Proverbs, an image of the love of husband and wife.

Where else “dadayi” appears
the breastsשְׁדֵיshede

breasts

Breasts (of a nursing mother).

Where else “shede” appears

Places in this verse

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

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

20And she was infatuated with their concubines, whose flesh is the flesh of donkeys, and whose flow is the flow of horses.

21 · This verse (above)

22Therefore, Oholibah, thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am stirring up your lovers against you, those from whom your soul felt aversion, and I will bring them against you from all around:

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