Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:5

⁵No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
No	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
one cared enough	חָ֨סָה	ḥā·sāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2347 pity, look upon with compassion
for you	עָלַ֜יִךְ	‘ā·la·yiḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5921 height
to do	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
even one	אַחַ֥ת	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
of these things	מֵאֵ֖לֶּה	mê·’êl·leh	Preposition-m; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
out of compassion	לְחֻמְלָ֣ה	lə·ḥum·lāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H2550 spare
for you	עָלָ֑יִךְ	‘ā·lā·yiḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5921 height
Instead	וַֽתֻּשְׁלְכִ֞י	wat·tuš·lə·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hofal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H7993 throw, fling, cast
you were thrown out	וַֽתֻּשְׁלְכִ֞י	wat·tuš·lə·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hofal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H7993 throw, fling, cast
into	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the open	פְּנֵ֤י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
field	הַשָּׂדֶה֙	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
because you	נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ	nap̄·šêḵ	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
were despised	בְּגֹ֣עַל	bə·ḡō·‘al	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1604 loathing
on the day	בְּי֖וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
of your birth	הֻלֶּ֥דֶת	hul·le·ḏeṯ	Verb - Hofal - Infinitive construct	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 32:10 · Genesis 21:10 · Exodus 1:22 · Lamentations 4:3 · Numbers 19:16 · Isaiah 49:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.