Exodus 34:16

“and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters prostitute themselves after their gods and make your sons prostitute themselves after their gods.”

Exodus 34:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 34:16, word by word

and you takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

Where else “lakachta” appears
of his daughtersבְּנֹתָיbenotay

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “benotay” appears
for your sonsבָנֶיvane

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vane” appears
prostitute themselvesזָנוּzanu

prostitute oneself

To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.

Where else “zanu” appears
after their godsאֱלֹהֵיelohe

gods

The gods of other peoples.

Where else “elohe” appears

The context

15Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they prostitute themselves after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, and you eat of his sacrifice,

16 · This verse (above)

17Gods of cast metal you shall not make for yourself.

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