Ezekiel
Ezekiel 16:28–29
28Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied. 29So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea,a the land of merchants — but even with this you were not satisfied!
Footnotes
- a 16:29 Or Babylonia
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Ezekiel 16:28
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then you prostituted yourself | וַתִּזְנִי֙ | wat·tiz·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot |
| with | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the Assyrians | אַשּׁ֔וּר | ’aš·šūr | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H804 Asshur, Assyria |
| because you were not yet | מִבִּלְתִּ֖י | mib·bil·tî | Preposition-m | H1115 not, except |
| satisfied | שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃ | śā·ḇā·‘at | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| Even after | וַתִּזְנִ֕ים | wat·tiz·nîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular; third person masculine plural | H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot |
| you were still | וְגַ֖ם | wə·ḡam | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| satisfied | שָׂבְעָתֵ֑ךְ | śā·ḇə·‘ā·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7654 satiety |
Ezekiel 16:29
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So you extended | וַתַּרְבִּ֧י | wat·tar·bî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| your promiscuity | תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְ | taz·nū·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H8457 fornication |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Chaldea | כַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָה | kaś·dî·māh | Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular | H3778 Chaldean |
| the land | אֶ֥רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of merchants | כְּנַ֖עַן | kə·na·‘an | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3667 Canaan |
| but even | וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| with this | בְּזֹ֖את | bə·zōṯ | Preposition-b; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| you were not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| satisfied | שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃ | śā·ḇā·‘at | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
Cross-references
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Ezekiel 16:28 2 Kings 16:7 · Jeremiah 2:18 · Hosea 10:6 · Jeremiah 2:36 · 2 Kings 16:10–18 · 2 Chronicles 28:23
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.