The Meaning of Ezekiel 16:45 Explained

Ezekiel 16:45

KJV: Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

YLT: Thy mother's daughter thou art, Loathing her husband and her sons, And thy sisters' sister thou art, Who loathed their husbands and their sons, Your mother is a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

Darby: Thou art the daughter of thy mother that loathed her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

ASV: Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou [art] thy mother's  daughter,  that lotheth  her husband  and her children;  and thou [art] the sister  of thy sisters,  which lothed  their husbands  and their children:  your mother  [was] an Hittite,  and your father  an Amorite. 

What does Ezekiel 16:45 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 16

1  Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6  God's extraordinary love toward her,
15  Her grievous judgment
35  Her sin, equal to her mother,
46  and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59  calls for judgments
60  Mercy is promised her in the end

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 16:45 mean?

Daughter of your mother You [are] loathing husband and children and the sister of your sisters who loathed their husbands and children Your mother [was] a Hittite and your father an Amorite
בַּת־ אִמֵּ֣ךְ אַ֔תְּ גֹּעֶ֥לֶת אִישָׁ֖הּ וּבָנֶ֑יהָ וַאֲח֨וֹת אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁיהֶ֣ן וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן אִמְּכֶ֣ן חִתִּ֔ית וַאֲבִיכֶ֖ן אֱמֹרִֽי

בַּת־  Daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
אִמֵּ֣ךְ  of  your  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
אַ֔תְּ  You  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, second person feminine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
גֹּעֶ֥לֶת  loathing 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: גָּעַל  
Sense: to abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall.
אִישָׁ֖הּ  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וּבָנֶ֑יהָ  and  children 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וַאֲח֨וֹת  and  the  sister 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ  of  your  sisters 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙  loathed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: גָּעַל  
Sense: to abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall.
אַנְשֵׁיהֶ֣ן  their  husbands 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן  and  children 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אִמְּכֶ֣ן  Your  mother  [was] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person feminine plural
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
חִתִּ֔ית  a  Hittite 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִתִּי  
Sense: the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon.
וַאֲבִיכֶ֖ן  and  your  father 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אֱמֹרִֽי  an  Amorite 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱמֹרִי  
Sense: one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt.