Ezekiel 16:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.”
כָּרַת
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)
מָלַח
you were rubbed with salt
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מָלַח
you were rubbed with salt
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)
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יָלַד
were born
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יָלַד
Begotten, born — yalad; to bring forth; Psalm 2:7 Today I have begotten You points directly to the resurrection of Christ
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שֹׁר
umbilical cord/ your
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שֹׁר
a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)
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רָחַץ
you were washed
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רָחַץ
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
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חָתַל
you were wrapped
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חָתַל
to swathe
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