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And Oholahאָהֳלָהprostituted herselfוַתִּזֶןwhile under me,תַּחְתָּיand she was infatuatedוַתַּעְגַּבwith her lovers,עַל מְאַהֲבֶיהָwith Assyria,אֶל אַשּׁוּרthe near ones,קְרוֹבִים
Ezekiel 23:5
Study it in the app“And Oholah prostituted herself while under me, and she was infatuated with her lovers, with Assyria, the near ones,”
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Ezekiel 23:5, word by word
- And Oholahאָהֳלָהahola
Oholah
Oholah: a name meaning "her tent"; a symbolic name for Samaria in Ezekiel 23.
Where else “ahola” appears- prostituted herselfתִּזֶןtizen
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “tizen” appears- and she was infatuatedתַּעְגַּבtagav
lust after
To desire passionately; as a noun, a lover.
Where else “tagav” appears- with her loversמְאַהֲבֶיmeahave
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahave” appears- with Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- the near onesקְרוֹבִיםkerovim
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerovim” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6clothed in blue, governors and prefects, desirable young men all of them, horsemen riding horses.