Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:15–16

¹⁵But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. ¹⁶You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!

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Ezekiel 16:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But because of	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your fame	שְׁמֵ֑ךְ	šə·mêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H8034 name
you trusted	וַתִּבְטְחִ֣י	wat·tiḇ·ṭə·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H982 trust
in your beauty	בְיָפְיֵ֔ךְ	ḇə·yā·p̄ə·yêḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H3308 beauty
and played the harlot	וַתִּזְנִ֖י	wat·tiz·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
You lavished	וַתִּשְׁפְּכִ֧י	wat·tiš·pə·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H8210 pour out, pour
your favors	תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְ	taz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8457 fornication
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
everyone	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
who passed by	עוֹבֵ֖ר	‘ō·w·ḇêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
and your beauty was theirs for the asking	יֶֽהִי׃	ye·hî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be

Ezekiel 16:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You took	וַתִּקְחִ֣י	wat·tiq·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3947 take
some of your garments	מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ	mib·bə·ḡā·ḏa·yiḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H899 treachery
and made	וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־	wat·ta·‘ă·śî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
colorful	טְלֻא֔וֹת	ṭə·lu·’ō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural	H2921 patch, spot
high places	בָּמ֣וֹת	bā·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1116 high place
for yourself	לָךְ֙	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
and on them	עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
you prostituted yourself	וַתִּזְנִ֖י	wat·tiz·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
Such things should not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
have happened	בָא֖וֹת	ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
never should	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
they have occurred	יִהְיֶֽה׃	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be

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Ezekiel 16:15 Isaiah 57:8 · Ezekiel 16:25 · Jeremiah 2:20 · Jeremiah 7:4 · Ezekiel 23:3 · Ezekiel 23:8 · Hosea 1:2 · Isaiah 1:21

Ezekiel 16:16 2 Kings 23:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.