Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 16:26 Interlinear

Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours great of flesh and hast increased thy whoredoms to provoke me to anger

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַתִּזְנִ֧יH2181Thou hast also committed fornicationto commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
2אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3בְּנֵֽיH1121with the Egyptiansa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4מִצְרַ֛יִםH4714mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
5שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְH7934thy neighboursa resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
6גִּדְלֵ֣יH1432greatlarge (literally or figuratively)
7בָשָׂ֑רH1320of fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
8וַתַּרְבִּ֥יH7235and hast increasedto increase (in whatever respect)
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10תַּזְנֻתֵ֖ךְH8457thy whoredomsharlotry, i.e., (figuratively) idolatry
11לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃H3707to provoke me to angerto trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant

Verse Context

Ezekiel 16:25 at every head of the way Thou hast built thy high place...
Ezekiel 16:26 (current)Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours great of flesh and hast increased thy whoredoms to provoke me to anger
Ezekiel 16:27 Behold therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee and have diminished thine ordinary...

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