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ThereforeלָכֵןI gave herנְתַתִּיהָinto the handבְּיַדof her lovers,מְאַהֲבֶיהָinto the handבְּיַדof the sonsבְּנֵיof Assyria,אַשּׁוּרfor whomאֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶםshe was infatuated.עָגְבָה
Ezekiel 23:9
Study it in the app“Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria, for whom she was infatuated.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:9, word by word
- I gave herנְתַתִּיnetati
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netati” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of her loversמְאַהֲבֶיmeahave
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahave” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- she was infatuatedעָגְבָהagva
lust after
To desire passionately; as a noun, a lover.
Where else “agva” 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
8And 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10They uncovered her nakedness; her sons and her daughters they took, and her they killed with the sword; and she became a name among women, for they executed judgments on her.