Revised Literal Translation

Ezekiel 16:25-29

25Thou hast builtבָּנִית֙ba.NitH1129thy high placeרָֽמָתֵ֔ךְra.ma.TekhH7413at every headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of the wayדֶּ֗רֶךְDe.rekhH1870,and hast made thy beautyיָפְיֵ֔ךְya.fe.YekhH3308to be abhorredוַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙va.te.ta.'a.ViH8581,and hast openedוַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥יva.te.fa.se.KiH6589thy feetרַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhH7272to every one that passed byעוֹבֵ֑רo.VerH5674,and multipliedוַתַּרְבִּ֖יva.tar.BiH7235thy whoredomsתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃taz.nu.tekhH8457.

26Thou hast also committed fornicationוַתִּזְנִ֧יva.tiz.NiH2181with the Egyptiansבְּנֵֽי־ מִצְרַ֛יִםbe.nei- mitz.Ra.yimH4714 H1121thy neighboursשְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְshe.khe.Na.yikhH7934,greatגִּדְלֵ֣יgid.LeiH1432of fleshבָשָׂ֑רva.SarH1320;and hast increasedוַתַּרְבִּ֥יva.tar.BiH7235thy whoredomsתַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְtaz.nu.TekhH8457,to provoke me to angerלְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃le.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707.

27Behold, therefore I have stretched outנָטִ֤יתִיna.Ti.tiH5186my handיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027over thee, and have diminishedוָאֶגְרַ֖עva.'eg.Ra'H1639thine ordinaryחֻקֵּ֑ךְchu.KekhH2706food,and deliveredוָאֶתְּנֵ֞ךְva.'e.te.NekhH5414thee unto the willבְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshH5315of them that hateשֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙so.ne.'o.Ta.yikhH8130thee, the daughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430,which are ashamedהַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹתha.nikh.la.MotH3637of thy lewdזִמָּֽה׃zi.MahH2154wayמִדַּרְכֵּ֥ךְmi.dar.KekhH1870.

28Thou hast played the whoreוַתִּזְנִי֙va.tiz.NiH2181also with the Assyriansבְּנֵ֣י אַשּׁ֔וּרbe.Nei 'a.ShurH804 H1121,becauseמִבִּלְתִּ֖יmi.bil.TiH1115thou wast unsatiableשָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃sa.Va.'atH7646;yea, thou hast played the harlotוַתִּזְנִ֕יםva.tiz.NimH2181with them, and yet couldest not be satisfiedשָׂבְעָתֵ֑ךְsa.ve.'a.TekhH7654.

29Thou hast moreover multipliedוַתַּרְבִּ֧יva.tar.BiH7235thy fornicationתַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְtaz.nu.TekhH8457in the landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֖עַןke.Na.'anH3667unto Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָהkas.Di.mahH3778;and yet thou wast not satisfiedשָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃sa.Va.'atH7646herewithבְּזֹ֖אתbe.ZotH2063.

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