And her prostitutionsוְאֶת תַּזְנוּתֶיהָfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםshe did notלֹאabandon,עָזָבָהforכִּיwith herאוֹתָהּthey layשָׁכְבוּin her youth,בִנְעוּרֶיהָand theyוְהֵמָּהsqueezedעִשּׂוּthe bosomsדַּדֵּיof her virginity,בְתוּלֶיהָand they poured outוַיִּשְׁפְּכוּtheir prostitutionתַזְנוּתָםon her.עָלֶיהָ
Ezekiel 23:8
Study it in the app“And her prostitutions from Egypt she did not abandon, for with her they lay in her youth, and they squeezed the bosoms of her virginity, and they poured out their prostitution on her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:8, word by word
- And her prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתֶיtaznute
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznute” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- abandonעָזָבָהazava
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azava” appears- they layשָׁכְבוּshachvu
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shachvu” appears- in her youthנְעוּרֶיneure
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appears- 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 her virginityבְתוּלֶיvetule
virginity
Never having been with a man.
Where else “vetule” appears- and they poured outיִּשְׁפְּכוּyishpchu
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “yishpchu” 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
7And she bestowed her prostitutions on them, the choicest of the sons of Assyria, all of them; and with all for whom she was infatuated, with all their idols, she defiled herself.
8 · This verse (above)
9Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria, for whom she was infatuated.