Ezekiel
Ezekiel 16:47–48
47And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
48As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
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Ezekiel 16:47
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And you not only | וְלֹ֤א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| walked | הָלַ֔כְתְּ | hā·laḵt | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| in their | מֵהֵ֖ן | mê·hên | Preposition-m; Pronoun - third person feminine plural | |
| ways | בְדַרְכֵיהֶן֙ | ḇə·ḏar·ḵê·hen | Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; third person feminine plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| and practiced | עָשִׂיתִי | ʿå̄·śī·ṯī | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H6213 do, make |
| their abominations | וּבְתוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ן | ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hen | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine plural | H8441 abomination |
| but soon you were | כִּמְעַ֣ט | kim·‘aṭ | Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular | H4592 a little, fewness, a few |
| more depraved than they were | וַתַּשְׁחִ֥תִי | wat·taš·ḥi·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
Ezekiel 16:48
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As surely as I | אָ֗נִי | ’ā·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| live | חַי־ | ḥay- | Noun - masculine singular | H2416 alive, living |
| declares | נְאֻם֙ | nə·’um | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| your sister | אֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ | ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| Sodom | סְדֹ֣ם | sə·ḏōm | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H5467 Sodom |
| and her daughters | וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ | ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·hā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H1323 daughter |
| never | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| did | עָֽשְׂתָה֙ | ‘ā·śə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H6213 do, make |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you | אַ֖תְּ | ’at | Pronoun - second person feminine singular | H859 thou |
| and your daughters | וּבְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ | ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯā·yiḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H1323 daughter |
| have done | עָשִׂ֔ית | ‘ā·śîṯ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H6213 do, make |
Cross-references
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Ezekiel 16:47 2 Kings 21:9 · Ezekiel 16:51 · Ezekiel 5:6–7 · Ezekiel 16:48 · 1 Kings 16:31
Ezekiel 16:48 Matthew 10:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.