Study it in the app“With the sons of Assyria she was infatuated, governors and prefects, near ones, clothed to perfection, horsemen riding horses, desirable young men all of them.”
With the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרshe was infatuated,עָגָבָהgovernorsפַּחוֹתand prefects,וּסְגָנִיםnear ones,קְרֹבִיםclothedלְבֻשֵׁיto perfection,מִכְלוֹלhorsemenפָּרָשִׁיםridingרֹכְבֵיhorses,סוּסִיםdesirable young menבַּחוּרֵי חֶמֶדall of them.כֻּלָּם
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearslust after
To desire passionately; as a noun, a lover.
Where else “agava” appearsgovernor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachot” appearsofficial, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerovim” appearsput on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “levushe” appearssplendidly
Perfection; dressed "to perfection", in full luxury.
Where else “michlol” appearshorseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “parashim” appearsride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rochve” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appearsyoung man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachure” appearsdelight, pleasantness
Delight, something lovely and desired.
Where else “chemed” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
11And her sister Oholibah saw it, and she corrupted her infatuation more than she, and her prostitutions more than the prostitutions of her sister.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I saw that she had defiled herself; one way belonged to the two of them.
