Study it in the app“And 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.”
And their names:וּשְׁמוֹתָןOholahאָהֳלָהthe elder,הַגְּדוֹלָהand Oholibahוְאָהֳלִיבָהher sister.אֲחוֹתָהּAnd they becameוַתִּהְיֶינָהmine,לִיand they boreוַתֵּלַדְנָהsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹתAnd their names:וּשְׁמוֹתָןSamariaשֹׁמְרוֹןis Oholah,אָהֳלָהand JerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַםOholibah.אָהֳלִיבָה
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemota” appearsOholah
Oholah: a name meaning "her tent"; a symbolic name for Samaria in Ezekiel 23.
Where else “ahola” appearselder
Born first: the firstborn son.
Where else “gedola” appearsOholibah
Oholibah: a name meaning "my tent is in her"; a symbolic name for Jerusalem in Ezekiel 23.
Where else “aholiva” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyena” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teladna” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsOholah means “her tent”; Oholibah, “my tent [is] in her.”
1Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
3And they prostituted themselves in Egypt; in their youth they prostituted themselves; there their breasts were pressed, and there were squeezed the bosoms of their virginity.
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5And Oholah prostituted herself while under me, and she was infatuated with her lovers, with Assyria, the near ones,
