Ezekiel
Ezekiel 23:15
15wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea,d the land of their birth.
Footnotes
- d 23:15 Or Babylonia; also in verse 16
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wearing | חֲגוֹרֵ֨י | ḥă·ḡō·w·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H2289 girt, girded |
| belts | אֵז֜וֹר | ’ê·zō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H232 waistcloth |
| on their waists | בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם | bə·mā·ṯə·nê·hem | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine dual construct; third person masculine plural | H4975 waist, loins |
| and flowing | סְרוּחֵ֤י | sə·rū·ḥê | Adjective - masculine plural construct | H5628 go free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed |
| turbans | טְבוּלִים֙ | ṭə·ḇū·lîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2871 turban |
| on their heads | בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם | bə·rā·šê·hem | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H7218 head |
| all | כֻּלָּ֑ם | kul·lām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H3605 the whole, all |
| of them looked | מַרְאֵ֥ה | mar·’êh | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4758 sight, appearance, vision |
| like officers | שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים | šā·li·šîm | Noun - masculine plural | H7991 third |
| of the Babylonians | בְּנֵֽי־ | bə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| in Chaldea | כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים | kaś·dîm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3778 Chaldean |
| the land | אֶ֖רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of their birth | מוֹלַדְתָּֽם׃ | mō·w·laḏ·tām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H4138 nativity, lineage, native country |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.