Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:16–19

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!

¹⁷You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. ¹⁸You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them. ¹⁹And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you— the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

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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

Ezekiel 16:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You also took	וַתִּקְחִ֞י	wat·tiq·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3947 take
the fine	תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ	ṯip̄·’ar·têḵ	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H8597 beauty, glory
jewelry	כְּלֵ֣י	kə·lê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3627 article, utensil, vessel
of gold	מִזְּהָבִ֤י	miz·zə·hā·ḇî	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H2091 gold
and silver	וּמִכַּסְפִּי֙	ū·mik·kas·pî	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3701 silver, money
I had given	נָתַ֣תִּי	nā·ṯat·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
you	לָ֔ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
and you made	וַתַּעֲשִׂי־	wat·ta·‘ă·śî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
male	זָכָ֑ר	zā·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H2145 male
idols	צַלְמֵ֣י	ṣal·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H6754 image
with which	בָֽם׃	ḇām	Preposition; third person masculine plural
to prostitute yourself	וַתִּזְנִי־	wat·tiz·nî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot

Ezekiel 16:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You took	וַתִּקְחִ֛י	wat·tiq·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3947 take
your embroidered	רִקְמָתֵ֖ךְ	riq·mā·ṯêḵ	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H7553 variegated stuff
garments	בִּגְדֵ֥י	biḡ·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H899 treachery
to cover them	וַתְּכַסִּ֑ים	wat·tə·ḵas·sîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H3680 cover
and you set	נָתַתִּי	nå̄·ṯat·tī	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
My oil	וְשַׁמְנִי֙	wə·šam·nî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H8081 fat, oil
and incense	וּקְטָרְתִּ֔י	ū·qə·ṭā·rə·tî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H7004 smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense
before them	לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃	lip̄·nê·hem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before

Ezekiel 16:19

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And you set	נָתַ֨תִּי	nā·ṯat·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
before them	לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם	lip̄·nê·hem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
as a pleasing	נִיחֹ֖חַ	nî·ḥō·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H5207 a quieting, soothing, tranquillizing
aroma	לְרֵ֥יחַ	lə·rê·aḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7381 scent, odour
the food	וְלַחְמִי֩	wə·laḥ·mî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3899 bread, food
I had given you	וּנְתַתִּ֧יהוּ	ū·nə·ṯat·tî·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
the fine flour	סֹ֣לֶת	sō·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5560 fine flour
oil	וָשֶׁ֤מֶן	wā·še·men	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
and honey	וּדְבַשׁ֙	ū·ḏə·ḇaš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1706 honey
that I had fed you	הֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְ	he·’ĕ·ḵal·tîḵ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular; second person feminine singular	H398 eat
That is what happened	וַיֶּ֑הִי	way·ye·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
declares	נְאֻ֖ם	nə·’um	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֥י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.