King James Version

Ezekiel 16:9

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

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וָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְvaerchatsekheand batheרָחַץconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and bathe”, the next action in the storyH7364to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)bathe (self), wash (self).בַּמַּ֔יִםbamayimin waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וָאֶשְׁטֹ֥ףvaeshtofand drownשָׁטַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and drown”, the next action in the storyH7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquerdrown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).דָּמַ֖יִךְdamayikhblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְmealayikhfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…וָאֲסֻכֵ֖ךְvaasukhekheand anointסוּךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and anoint”, the next action in the storyH5480properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anointanoint (self), [idiom] at all.בַּשָּֽׁמֶןbashamenin oliveשֶׁמֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in olive”, the ordinary formH8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richnessanointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I cleansed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I do wash thee with water, And I wash away thy blood from off thee, And I anoint thee with perfume.

World English Bible

“‘“Then I washed you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

Darby Translation

And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;

Douay-Rheims

And I washed thee with water, and cleansed away thy blood from thee: and I anointed thee with oil.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I cleansed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I washed thee in water, and washed thy blood from thee, and anointed thee with oil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔλουσά σε ἐν ὕδατι, καὶ ἀπέπλυνα τὸ αἷμά σου ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ ἔχρισά σε ἐν ἐλαίῳ.