Ezekiel 23:44

“And one went in to her, as one goes in to a woman who is a prostitute; so they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the women of infamy.”

Ezekiel 23:44 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:44, word by word

And one went inיָּבוֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavo” appears
to a womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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who is a prostituteזוֹנָהzona

prostitute oneself

To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.

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to Oholahאָהֳלָהahola

Oholah

Oholah: a name meaning "her tent"; a symbolic name for Samaria in Ezekiel 23.

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and to Oholibahאָהֳלִיבָהaholiva

Oholibah

Oholibah: a name meaning "my tent is in her"; a symbolic name for Jerusalem in Ezekiel 23.

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of infamyזִּמָּהzima

lewdness

A shameful deed, especially sexual.

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The context

43And I said of the one worn out with adulteries, ‘Now they will commit her prostitutions, and she too.’

44 · This verse (above)

45But righteous men, they will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of women who shed blood; for adulteresses they are, and blood is on their hands.

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