Ezekiel 16:31
But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
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ASV
in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
KJV
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| בִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְ | biv.no.Ta.yikh | when built you | H1129 → |
| גַּבֵּךְ֙ | ga.beKh | mound your | H1354 → |
| בְּרֹ֣אשׁ | be.Rosh | at [the] head of | H7218 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| דֶּ֔רֶךְ | De.rekh | road | H1870 → |
| וְרָמָתֵ֥ךְ | ve.ra.ma.Tekh | and high place your | H7413 → |
| עָשִׂ֖ית | a.si.ti | you made | H6213 → |
| בְּכָל־ | be.khol | in every | H3605 → |
| רְח֑וֹב | re.Chov | open place | H7339 → |
| וְלֹא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| הָיִ֥ית | ha.yi.t | you were | H1961 → |
| כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה | ka.zo.Nah | like <the> prostitute | H2181 → |
| לְקַלֵּ֥ס | le.ka.Les | to scorn | H7046 → |
| אֶתְנָֽן׃ | 'et.Nan | [the] hire of a prostitute | H868 → |
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