Ezekiel
Ezekiel 16:52
52So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So now | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| you | אַ֣תְּ׀ | ’at | Pronoun - second person feminine singular | H859 thou |
| must bear | שְׂאִ֣י | śə·’î | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your disgrace | כְלִמָּתֵ֗ךְ | ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H3639 insult, reproach, ignominy |
| since | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you have brought justification | פִּלַּלְתְּ֙ | pil·lalt | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H6419 intervene, interpose |
| for your sisters | לַֽאֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ | la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| For they appear more righteous | תִּצְדַּ֣קְנָה | tiṣ·daq·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H6663 be just, righteous |
| than you | מִמֵּ֑ךְ | 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 |
| because your sins | בְּחַטֹּאתַ֛יִךְ | bə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯa·yiḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H2403 offence, penalty, occasion |
| were more vile | הִתְעַ֥בְתְּ | hiṯ·‘aḇt | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H8581 loathe, detest |
| than theirs | מֵהֵ֖ן | mê·hên | Preposition-m; Pronoun - third person feminine plural | |
| So you | אַ֥תְּ | ’at | Pronoun - second person feminine singular | H859 thou |
| too | וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| must bear | וּשְׂאִ֣י | ū·śə·’î | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your shame | בּ֙וֹשִׁי֙ | bō·wō·šî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H954 be ashamed |
| and disgrace | כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ | ḵə·lim·mā·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H3639 insult, reproach, ignominy |
| since you have made your sisters | אַחְיוֹתֵֽךְ׃ | ’aḥ·yō·w·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| appear righteous | בְּצַדֶּקְתֵּ֖ךְ | bə·ṣad·deq·têḵ | Preposition-b; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; second person feminine singular | H6663 be just, righteous |
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