Ezekiel 16:44
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.”
הִנֵּה
Behold, look, see. Hinneh. The word used to get attention. Behold I stand at the door and knock. God is always trying to get our attention.
מָשַׁל
he will speak a proverb
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מָשַׁל
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
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עַל
on/ you
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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בַּת
daughter/ her
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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