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And she was infatuatedוַתַּעְגְּבָהwith their concubines,עַל פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶםwhoseאֲשֶׁרfleshבְּשָׂרָםis the fleshבְּשַׂרof donkeys,חֲמוֹרִיםand whose flowוְ זִרְמָתָםis the flowזִרְמַתof horses.סוּסִים
Ezekiel 23:20
Study it in the app“And she was infatuated with their concubines, whose flesh is the flesh of donkeys, and whose flow is the flow of horses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:20, word by word
- And she was infatuatedתַּעְגְּבָtagva
lust after
To desire passionately; as a noun, a lover.
Where else “tagva” appears- with their concubinesפִּלַגְשֵׁיpilagshe
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilagshe” appears- fleshבְּשָׂרָbesara
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besara” appears- of donkeysחֲמוֹרִיםchamorim
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appears- and whose flowזִרְמָתָzirmata
emission, issue
A flow, a gush (of semen).
Where else “zirmata” appears- of horsesסוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears
Translation note
“Concubines”: the Hebrew uses the word for “concubine” for the male lovers.
The context
19And she multiplied her prostitutions, remembering the days of her youth, when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt.
20 · This verse (above)
21And you missed the infamy of your youth, when those from Egypt squeezed your bosoms for the sake of the breasts of your youth.