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The adulterousהַמְּנָאָפֶתwife,הָאִשָּׁהwho insteadתַּחַתof her husbandאִישָׁהּtakesתִּקַּחstrangers!אֶת זָרִים
Ezekiel 16:32
Study it in the app“The adulterous wife, who instead of her husband takes strangers!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:32, word by word
- The adulterousמְּנָאָפֶתmenaafet
be unfaithful
Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.
Where else “menaafet” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- of her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- takesתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears
The context
31When you built your mound at the head of every road and made your lofty place in every square, you were not like the prostitute, for you scoffed at the fee.
32 · This verse (above)
33To all prostitutes they give a gift, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, and you bribed them to come to you from all around for your prostitutions.