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Ezekiel 16:8-12

8Now when I passedוָאֶעֱבֹ֨רva.'e.'e.VorH5674by thee, and lookedוָאֶרְאֵ֗ךְva.'er.'EkhH7200upon thee, behold, thy timeעִתֵּךְ֙'i.teKhH6256wasthe timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256of loveדֹּדִ֔יםdo.DimH1730;and I spreadוָאֶפְרֹ֤שׂva.'ef.RosH6566my skirtכְּנָפִי֙ke.na.FiH3671over thee, and coveredוָאֲכַסֶּ֖הva.'a.kha.SehH3680thy nakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֑ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172:yea, I swareוָאֶשָּׁ֣בַֽעva.'e.Sha.va'H7650unto thee, and enteredוָאָב֨וֹאva.'a.Vo'H935into a covenantבִבְרִ֜יתviv.RitH1285with thee, saithנְאֻ֛םne.'UmH5002the Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Godיְהוִ֖הYah.wehH3069, and thou becamest mine.

9Then washedוָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְva.'er.cha.TzekhH7364I thee with waterבַּמַּ֔יִםba.Ma.yimH4325;yea, I throughly washed awayוָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ףva.'esh.TofH7857thy bloodדָּמַ֖יִךְda.Ma.yikhH1818from thee, and I anointedוָאֲסֻכֵ֖ךְva.'a.su.KhekhH5480thee with oilבַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ba.Sha.menH8081.

10I clothedוָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְva.'al.bi.ShekhH3847thee also with broidered workרִקְמָ֔הrik.MahH7553,and shodוָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְva.'en.'a.LekhH5274thee with badgers’ skinתָּ֑חַשׁTa.chashH8476,and I girdedוָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְva.'ech.be.ShekhH2280thee about with fine linenבַּשֵּׁ֔שׁba.SheshH8336,and I coveredוַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְva.'a.kha.SekhH3680thee with silkמֶֽשִׁי׃Me.shiH4897.

11I deckedוָאֶעְדֵּ֖ךְva.'e'.DekhH5710thee also with ornamentsעֶ֑דִי'E.diH5716,and I putוָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.NahH5414braceletsצְמִידִים֙tze.mi.DimH6781upon thy handsיָדַ֔יִךְya.Da.yikhH3027,and a chainוְרָבִ֖ידve.ra.VidH7242on thy neckגְּרוֹנֵֽךְ׃ge.ro.NekhH1627.

12And I putוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414a jewelנֶ֙זֶם֙ne.zemH5141on thy foreheadאַפֵּ֔ךְ'a.PekhH639,and earringsוַעֲגִילִ֖יםva.'a.gi.LimH5694in thine earsאָזְנָ֑יִךְ'a.ze.Na.yikhH241,and a beautifulתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597crownוַעֲטֶ֥רֶתva.'a.Te.retH5850upon thine headבְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃be.ro.ShekhH7218.

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