| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 16:3:1 ⧉וְאָמַרְתָּ֞veamartaand you shall say Ezekiel 16:3:2 ⧉כֹּה־אָמַ֨רkoamarthus said Ezekiel 16:3:3 ⧉אֲדֹנָ֤יadonaiLord Ezekiel 16:3:4 ⧉יְהוִה֙yahwehLORD Ezekiel 16:3:5 ⧉לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םlirushalayimto Jerusalem Ezekiel 16:3:6 ⧉מְכֹרֹתַ֙יִךְ֙mekhorotayikhyour origin Ezekiel 16:3:7 ⧉וּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְumoldotayikhand your birth Ezekiel 16:3:8 ⧉מֵאֶ֖רֶץmeeretsfrom the land of Ezekiel 16:3:9 ⧉הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יhakenanithe Canaanite Ezekiel 16:3:10 ⧉אָבִ֥יךְavikhyour father Ezekiel 16:3:11 ⧉הָאֱמֹרִ֖יhaemorithe Amorite Ezekiel 16:3:12 ⧉וְאִמֵּ֥ךְveimekhand your mother Ezekiel 16:3:13 ⧉חִתִּֽית׃khitita Hittite |
| 3. Formal Translation And you shall say, “Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origins and your births are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.” |
| 3. Dynamic Translation Say, “This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your roots and your birth are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother was a Hittite.” |