ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהBecauseיַעַןyou have forgotten meשָׁכַחַתְּ אוֹתִיand cast meוַתַּשְׁלִיכִי אוֹתִיbehind your back,אַחֲרֵי גַוֵּךְyou alsoוְגַם אַתְּbearשְׂאִיyour infamyזִמָּתֵךְand your prostitutions.וְאֶת תַּזְנוּתָיִךְ
Ezekiel 23:35
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you also bear your infamy and your prostitutions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:35, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- you have forgotten meשָׁכַחַתְּshachachat
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachachat” appears- and cast meתַּשְׁלִיכִיtashlichi
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “tashlichi” appears- behind your backגַוֵּgave
back
Back, the rear part of the body. "To cast behind one's back" is to set something aside and pay no attention to it.
Where else “gave” appears- bearשְׂאִיsei
bear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “sei” appears- your infamyזִמָּתֵzimate
lewdness
A shameful deed, especially sexual.
Where else “zimate” appears- and your prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתָיִtaznutayi
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznutayi” appears
The context
34And you will drink it and drain it, and its shards you will gnaw, and your breasts you will tear, for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.
35 · This verse (above)
36And YHWH said to me, Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.