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ezekiel_23:2

Ezekiel 23:2

Hebrew
בֶּן אָדָ֑ם שְׁתַּ֣יִם נָשִׁ֔ים בְּנ֥וֹת אֵם אַחַ֖ת הָיֽוּplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה

hebrew

The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament.

This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence.

* It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2
ESV
“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
NIV
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
NLT
“Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.
LXX
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου δύο γυναῖκες ἦσανplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
θυγατέρες μητρὸς μιᾶς
KJV
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

Ezekiel 23:1 ← Ezekiel 23:2 → Ezekiel 23:3

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