Ezekiel
Ezekiel 16:25
25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the head | רֹ֣אשׁ | rōš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7218 head |
| of every | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| street | דֶּ֗רֶךְ | de·reḵ | Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| you built | בָּנִית֙ | bā·nîṯ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H1129 build |
| your lofty shrines | רָֽמָתֵ֔ךְ | rā·mā·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7413 height, high-place |
| and degraded | וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙ | wat·tə·ṯa·‘ă·ḇî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H8581 loathe, detest |
| your beauty | יָפְיֵ֔ךְ | yā·p̄ə·yêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H3308 beauty |
| With increasing | וַתַּרְבִּ֖י | wat·tar·bî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| promiscuity | תַּזְנֻתֵךְ׃ | taz·nu·ṯēḵ | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H8457 fornication |
| you spread | וַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥י | wat·tə·p̄aś·śə·qî | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H6589 part, open wide |
| your legs | רַגְלַ֖יִךְ | raḡ·la·yiḵ | Noun - feminine dual construct; second person feminine singular | H7272 foot |
| to all | לְכָל־ | lə·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who passed by | עוֹבֵ֑ר | ‘ō·w·ḇêr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.