Chapter 16
Ezekiel 16:4
| חתלת | לא | ו החתל | המלחת | לא | ו המלח | ל משעי | רחצת | לא | ו ב מים | שר ך | כרת | לא | את ך | הולדת | ב יום | ו מולדותי ך |
| you were swathed | not | and swathing | you were salted | not | and salting | for my anointing | washed/rinsed | not | and within dual waters | prince of yourself | was cut off | not | your eternal self | of being born | within the Day | and the birth places of yourself |
9016 | None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None 2853 חתל châthal Definition: to swathe Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to swathe; [idiom] at all, swaddle. | 3808 לא lôʼ Definition: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles Root: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; Exhaustive: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without. | 2853 | חתל châthal Definition: to swathe Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to swathe; [idiom] at all, swaddle. 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) | 4414b מלח mâlach Definition: properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt) Root: a primitive root; also as denominative from H4417 (מלח) Exhaustive: a primitive root; also as denominative from מלח; properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt); [idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away. | 3808 לא lôʼ Definition: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles Root: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; Exhaustive: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without. | 4414b | מלח mâlach Definition: properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt) Root: a primitive root; also as denominative from H4417 (מלח) Exhaustive: a primitive root; also as denominative from מלח; properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt); [idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away. 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) | 4935 | משעי mishʻîy Definition: inspection Root: probably from H8159 (שעה); Exhaustive: probably from שעה; inspection; to supple. 9005 ל None Definition: to, for Root: None Exhaustive: None | 7364 רחץ râchats Definition: to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing); bathe (self), wash (self). | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 3808 לא lôʼ Definition: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles Root: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; Exhaustive: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without. | 4325 | מים mayim Definition: water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen Root: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); Exhaustive: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). 9003 | ב None Definition: in, by Root: None Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) | 9022 | ך None Definition: your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person feminine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person feminine singular 8270 שר shôr Definition: a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength) Root: from H8324 (שרר); (compare H8306 (שריר)) Exhaustive: from שרר; (compare שריר); a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength); navel. | 3772 כרת kârath Definition: to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want. | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 3808 לא lôʼ Definition: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles Root: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; Exhaustive: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without. | 9032 | ך None Definition: you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person feminine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person feminine singular 853 את ʼêth Definition: properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) Root: apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity; Exhaustive: apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English). | 3205 ילד yâlad Definition: to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). | 3117 | יום yôwm Definition: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) Root: from an unused root meaning to be hot; Exhaustive: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger. 9003 ב None Definition: in, by Root: None Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article | 9022 | ך None Definition: your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person feminine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person feminine singular 4138 | מולדת môwledeth Definition: nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family Root: from H3205 (ילד); Exhaustive: from ילד; nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family; begotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity). 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) |
RBT Translation:
and the birth places of yourself within the Day of being born your eternal self not was cut off prince of yourself and within dual waters not washed/rinsed for my anointing and salting not you were salted and swathing not you were swathed
RBT Paraphrase:
מולדות - Nativities, Places of Birth, Kindreds
And the birth places of yourself, within the Day of the Begetting of Your Eternal Self, the prince of yourself1 was not was cut off, and within dual waters you were not washed for the anointing of myself,2 and being salted, you have not been salted, and being swathed, you have not been swathed. הולדת אתך = “the begetting/birthing of your eternal self” this is an infinitive-substantive noun. Any past tense translation like "were born" is false.
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And thy nativity, in the day thou wert born thy navel was not cut, and thou wert not washed in water for my looking upon; and salting, thou wert not salted, and swathing, thou wert not swathed.
And thy nativity, in the day thou wert born thy navel was not cut, and thou wert not washed in water for my looking upon; and salting, thou wert not salted, and swathing, thou wert not swathed.
LITV Translation:
As for your birth, in the day you were born, your navel was not cut, and you were not washed with water to cleanse you . And you were not salted, and you were not at all swaddled.
As for your birth, in the day you were born, your navel was not cut, and you were not washed with water to cleanse you . And you were not salted, and you were not at all swaddled.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And as for thy birth in the day wherein thou wast born, thou didst not bind thy breasts, and thou wast not washed in water, neither wast thou salted with salt, neither wast thou swathed in swaddling bands.
And as for thy birth in the day wherein thou wast born, thou didst not bind thy breasts, and thou wast not washed in water, neither wast thou salted with salt, neither wast thou swathed in swaddling bands.
Footnotes
| Eze. 16:4 | The Hebrew שר as an "umbilical cord" is conjectured from only two contexts (Prov. 3:8, Eze. 16:4). It was thought that the context of "birth" and something being "cut" surely meant umbilical cord. But כרת "cut off/down" is not a word typically used for "snipping" something like an umbilical cord. Rather, it is used for chopping down a tree, cutting off Goliath's head, cutting off hope, “cutting off” persons, i.e removal / destruction:
Here, כרת = to exterminate, annihilate, remove completely. Therefore as far as the usage of Hebrew, כרת (karat) is far too violent, final, and annihilative a verb to describe something like snipping an umbilical cord. Further we see a similar saying ישוב הרע לשררי באמתך הצמיתם “He is turning around the Evil One to the princes of myself [לשררי]; in the trust of yourself you have eradicated them.” (Psalm 54:5 RBT) |
| Eze. 16:4 | From שָׁעַע (shā‘a‘) – the root can denote “to smear over, cover, or smooth over”. Applying a substance to cover, anoint, or blind. Figurative sense: to smooth over words or actions; metaphorically, to flatter, conceal, or obscure. Implication for מַשְׁעִי / לְמַשְׁעִי: could denote “my smearing / covering / smoothing over” (cf. Strong's #8173). |