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Ezekiel 32:19

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

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מִמִּ֖יmimifrom whoמִיpreposition, particle, interrogative — “from who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.נָעָ֑מְתָּnaametabe delightנָעֵםverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be delight”, a completed actionH5276to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.רְדָ֥הredahbring downיָרַדverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “bring down”, a commandH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖הvehashekevahand lieשָׁכַבconjunction, verb, hophal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “and lie”, a commandH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.עֲרֵלִֽיםarelimuncircumcisedעָרֵלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “uncircumcised”, the ordinary formH6189uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)uncircumcised (person).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Young’s Literal Translation

Than whom hast thou been more pleasant? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

World English Bible

Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

Darby Translation

Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Douay-Rheims

Whom dost thou excel in beauty? go down and sleep with the uncircumcised.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)