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And she multipliedוַתַּרְבֶּהher prostitutions,אֶת תַּזְנוּתֶיהָrememberingלִזְכֹּרthe daysאֶת יְמֵיof her youth,נְעוּרֶיהָwhenאֲשֶׁרshe prostituted herselfזָנְתָהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Ezekiel 23:19
Study it in the app“And she multiplied her prostitutions, remembering the days of her youth, when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:19, word by word
- And she multipliedתַּרְבֶּהtarbe
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “tarbe” appears- her prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתֶיtaznute
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznute” appears- rememberingזְכֹּרzekor
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zekor” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of her youthנְעוּרֶיneure
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appears- she prostituted herselfזָנְתָהzanta
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zanta” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
18And she uncovered her prostitutions, and she uncovered her nakedness, and my soul felt aversion toward her, as my soul had felt aversion toward her sister.
19 · This verse (above)
20And she was infatuated with their concubines, whose flesh is the flesh of donkeys, and whose flow is the flow of horses.