Ezekiel 16:54 Go deeper
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That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. (KJV)
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לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso that
Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: because
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 1
תִּשְׂאִ֣יtis.'Iyou may bear
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqj2fs)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 2
כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְkhe.li.ma.Tekhdisgrace your
Lemma: כְּלִמָּה (ke.lim.mah) · Strong's: H3639
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: shame
Used 30 times. Also: Job 20:3, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 44:15, Psalms 69:7, Psalms 69:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3639; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 3
וְנִכְלַ֕מְתְּve.nikh.Lamtand you will be ashamed
Lemma: כָּלַם (ka.lam) · Strong's: H3637
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVNq2fs)
Meaning: be humiliated
Used 38 times. Also: Numbers 12:14, Judges 18:7, Ruth 2:15, 1 Samuel 20:34, 1 Samuel 25:7, 1 Samuel 25:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3637; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 4
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 5
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 6
עָשִׂ֑ית'a.Sityou have done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqp2fs)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 7
בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְbe.na.cha.Mekhwhen comfort you
Lemma: נָחַם (na.cham) · Strong's: H5162G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to be sorry: comfort
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 27:42, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 50:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5162G; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 8
אֹתָֽן\׃'o.Tan<obj.> them
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Ezekiel 16:54 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So | → | מַ֫עַן H4616 because |
| you will bear | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| your disgrace | → | כְּלִמָּה H3639 shame |
| and be ashamed | → | כָּלַם H3637 be humiliated |
| of all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| you did | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| to comfort them | → | נָחַם H5162G to be sorry: comfort |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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