Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:17–22

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.

²⁰You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? ²¹You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.

²²And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.

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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

Ezekiel 16:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You even took	וַתִּקְחִ֞י	wat·tiq·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3947 take
the sons	בָּנַ֤יִךְ	bā·na·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H1121 son
and daughters	בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙	bə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H1323 daughter
you bore	יָלַ֣דְתְּ	yā·laḏt	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to Me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
and sacrificed	וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים	wat·tiz·bā·ḥîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
them	לָהֶ֖ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
as food to idols	לֶאֱכ֑וֹל	le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat
Was your prostitution	מִתַּזְנֻתֵךְ׃	mit·taz·nu·ṯēḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8457 fornication
not enough	הַמְעַ֖ט	ham·‘aṭ	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H4592 a little, fewness, a few

Ezekiel 16:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You slaughtered	וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖י	wat·tiš·ḥă·ṭî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H7819 slaughter, beat
My children	בָּנָ֑י	bā·nāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
and delivered them up	וַֽתִּתְּנִ֔ים	wat·tit·tə·nîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
through the fire	בְּהַעֲבִ֥יר	bə·ha·‘ă·ḇîr	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
to	לָהֶֽם׃	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural

Ezekiel 16:22

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וְאֵ֤ת	wə·’êṯ	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
in all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your abominations	תּוֹעֲבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙	tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8441 abomination
and acts of prostitution	וְתַזְנֻתַ֔יִךְ	wə·ṯaz·nu·ṯa·yiḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8457 fornication
you did not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
remember	זָכַרְתִּי	zå̄·ḵar·tī	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H2142 remember
the days	יְמֵ֣י	yə·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of your youth	נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ	nə·‘ū·rā·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young
when you were	בִּֽהְיוֹתֵךְ֙	bih·yō·w·ṯêḵ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
naked	עֵרֹ֣ם	‘ê·rōm	Adjective - masculine singular	H5903 naked
and bare	וְעֶרְיָ֔ה	wə·‘er·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H6181 nakedness
wallowing	מִתְבּוֹסֶ֥סֶת	miṯ·bō·w·se·seṯ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular	H947 tread down, trample
in your own blood	בְּדָמֵ֖ךְ	bə·ḏā·mêḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1818 blood