Ezekiel
Ezekiel 16:46
46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your older | הַגְּדוֹלָ֤ה | hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H1419 great |
| sister | וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְ | wa·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| was Samaria | שֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙ | šō·mə·rō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H8111 Shomeron |
| who | הִ֣יא | hî | Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| lived | הַיּוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת | hay·yō·wō·še·ḇeṯ | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| with her daughters | וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ | ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·hā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H1323 daughter |
| to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| your north | שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ | śə·mō·w·lêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H8040 the left |
| and your younger | הַקְּטַנָּ֣ה | haq·qə·ṭan·nāh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H6996 small, young, unimportant |
| sister | וַאֲחוֹתֵ֞ךְ | wa·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| was Sodom | סְדֹ֖ם | sə·ḏōm | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H5467 Sodom |
| who lived | הַיּוֹשֶׁ֙בֶת֙ | hay·yō·wō·še·ḇeṯ | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| with her daughters | וּבְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·hā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H1323 daughter |
| to | מִמֵּ֗ךְ | mim·mêḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| your south | מִֽימִינֵ֔ךְ | mî·mî·nêḵ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H3225 right hand |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 23:4 · Ezekiel 16:53–56 · Ezekiel 16:48–49 · Genesis 13:10–13 · Jeremiah 3:8–11 · Ezekiel 16:51 · Ezekiel 16:61
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.