And they prostituted themselvesוַתִּזְנֶינָהin Egypt;בְמִצְרַיִםin their youthבִּנְעוּרֵיהֶןthey prostituted themselves;זָנוּthereשָׁמָּהtheir breastsשְׁדֵיהֶןwere pressed,מֹעֲכוּand thereוְשָׁםwere squeezedעִשּׂוּthe bosomsדַּדֵּיof their virginity.בְּתוּלֵיהֶן
Ezekiel 23:3
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Ezekiel 23:3, word by word
- And they prostituted themselvesתִּזְנֶינָהtiznena
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “tiznena” appears- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- in their youthנְעוּרֵיneure
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appears- their breastsשְׁדֵיshede
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shede” appears- were pressedמֹעֲכוּmoachu
bruise
To press so hard that it harms: to squeeze or crush.
Where else “moachu” appears- were squeezedעִשּׂוּisu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “isu” appears- the bosomsדַּדֵּיdade
breast
The breast; in the Song and in Proverbs, an image of the love of husband and wife.
Where else “dade” appears- of their virginityבְּתוּלֵיbetule
virginity
Never having been with a man.
Where else “betule” appears
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
2“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
3 · This verse (above)
4And their names: Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister. And they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.