Ezekiel 20:29
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Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)
In other translations
Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)
Hebrew words
וָאֹמַרva'omarand I saidH559אֲלֵהֶם'alehemto themH413מָהmahwhat?H4100הַבָּמָהhabamah[is] the high placeH1116אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whereH834אַתֶּם'atemyouH859הַבָּאִיםhaba'im[are] the [ones who] goH935שָׁםshamthereH8033וַיִּקָּרֵאvaiyikare'and it has been calledH7121שְׁמָהּshemahname itsH8034בָּמָהbamahBamahH1117עַד'aduntilH5704הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117הַזֶּה׃hazeh<the> thisH2088
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 16:31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- Ezekiel 16:24-2524 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.24 you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. 25 At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
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People and places
Places: Bamah