| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 19:2:1 ⧉וְאָמַרְתָּ֗veamartaand you said Ezekiel 19:2:2 ⧉מָ֤הmawhat Ezekiel 19:2:3 ⧉אִמְּךָ֙immekhayour mother Ezekiel 19:2:4 ⧉לְבִיָּ֔אleviyaa lioness Ezekiel 19:2:5 ⧉בֵּ֥יןbenbetween Ezekiel 19:2:6 ⧉אֲרָי֖וֹתarayotlionesses Ezekiel 19:2:7 ⧉רָבָ֑צָהravatsashe lay down Ezekiel 19:2:8 ⧉בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhin the midst of Ezekiel 19:2:9 ⧉כְּפִרִ֖יםkefirimyoung lions Ezekiel 19:2:10 ⧉רִבְּתָ֥הribbetashe raised Ezekiel 19:2:11 ⧉גוּרֶֽיהָ׃gurehaher cubs |
| 2. Formal Translation And you shall say, “What was your mother? A lioness. She lay down among the lions; amid the young lions she reared her cubs.” |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Say, “What sort of mother did you have? She was a lioness among lions, reclining there; she raised her cubs amid the young lions.” |