and you takeוְלָקַחְתָּof his daughtersמִבְּנֹתָיוfor your sons,לְבָנֶיךָand his daughtersוְ בְנֹתָיוprostitute themselvesזָנוּafter their godsאַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶןand makeוְyour sonsאֶת בָּנֶיךָprostitute themselvesהִזְנוּafter their gods.אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶן
Exodus 34:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.