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Therefore,לָכֵןprostitute,זוֹנָהhearשִׁמְעִיthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH!יְהוָה
Ezekiel 16:35
Study it in the app“Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of YHWH!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:35, word by word
- prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- hearשִׁמְעִיshimi
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimi” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
34And there was in you the opposite of other women in your prostitutions: no one prostituted himself after you; and when you gave a fee, and no fee was given to you, you were the opposite.
35 · This verse (above)
36Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because your copper was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitutions with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations, and because of the blood of your sons that you gave to them,