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There shall notלֹאbeתִהְיֶהa female sacred prostituteקְדֵשָׁהamong the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand there shall notוְלֹאbeיִהְיֶהa male sacred prostituteקָדֵשׁamong the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Deuteronomy 23:17
Study it in the app“There shall not be a female sacred prostitute among the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a male sacred prostitute among the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:17, word by word
- beתִהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- a female sacred prostituteקְדֵשָׁהkedesha
consecrated woman
"Consecrated woman": a woman tied to a pagan shrine who prostituted herself as part of that worship. The law of Israel forbids it (Deuteronomy 23:17).
Where else “kedesha” appears- among the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
girl
The young women of a people.
Where else “benot” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- a male sacred prostituteקָדֵשׁkadesh
male cult prostitute
Cult prostitute: a man devoted to prostitution in the shrine of a foreign god.
Where else “kadesh” appears- among the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears
Translation note
They were people dedicated to prostitution at the sanctuaries of other gods.
The context
16With you he shall live, in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your gates, where it is good for him; you shall not mistreat him.
17 · This verse (above)
18You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of YHWH your Elohim for any vow, for an abomination to YHWH your Elohim are both of them.