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And her sisterאֲחוֹתָהּOholibahאָהֳלִיבָהsaw it,וַתֵּרֶאand she corruptedוַתַּשְׁחֵתher infatuationעַגְבָתָהּmore than she,מִמֶּנָּהand her prostitutionsוְאֶת תַּזְנוּתֶיהָmore than the prostitutionsמִזְּנוּנֵיof her sister.אֲחוֹתָהּ
Ezekiel 23:11
Study it in the app“And her sister Oholibah saw it, and she corrupted her infatuation more than she, and her prostitutions more than the prostitutions of her sister.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:11, word by word
- And her sisterאֲחוֹתָachota
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appears- Oholibahאָהֳלִיבָהaholiva
Oholibah
Oholibah: a name meaning "my tent is in her"; a symbolic name for Jerusalem in Ezekiel 23.
Where else “aholiva” appears- saw itתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- and she corruptedתַּשְׁחֵתtashchet
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “tashchet” appears- her infatuationעַגְבָתָagvata
lust
Passionate love, lust.
Where else “agvata” appears- and her prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתֶיtaznute
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznute” appears- more than the prostitutionsזְּנוּנֵיzenune
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenune” appears
The context
10They uncovered her nakedness; her sons and her daughters they took, and her they killed with the sword; and she became a name among women, for they executed judgments on her.
11 · This verse (above)
12With the sons of Assyria she was infatuated, governors and prefects, near ones, clothed to perfection, horsemen riding horses, desirable young men all of them.