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Ezekiel 16:24

A Belly of the Underworld
And you are building to yourself an arched vault,7 and you are making to yourself an exalted height within every broadway!8
גב - architectural elevated arch/vault or convex shape

Footnote:

Eze. 16:24

The forms ותבני (בנה) and ותעשי (עשה) are 2nd person feminine singular imperfects. Consonantally, these forms could represent either Qal (active) or Niphal (passive/reflexive) stems, since the spelling is identical without vowel points.

Form Root Stem 2fs imperfect Meaning (literal) Contextual Reading
ותבני בנה Qal 2fs “and you will build” Active (Qal)
ותבני בנה Niphal 2fs “and you will be built” Passive 
תעשי עשה Qal 2fs “you will do/make” Active (Qal)
תעשי עשה Niphal 2fs “you will be done/made” Passive