Study it in the app“For their mother has prostituted herself; she who conceived them has acted shamefully, for she said, “I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.””
Forכִּיtheir motherאִמָּםhas prostituted herself;זָנְתָהshe who conceived themהוֹרָתָםhas acted shamefully,הֹבִישָׁהforכִּיshe said,אָמְרָה“I will goאֵלְכָהafter my lovers,אַחֲרֵי מְאַהֲבַיwho give meנֹתְנֵיmy breadלַחְמִיand my water,וּמֵימַיmy woolצַמְרִיand my linen,וּפִשְׁתִּיmy oilשַׁמְנִיand my drink.”וְשִׁקּוּיָי
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ima” appearsprostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zanta” appearsconceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “horata” appearsbe ashamed
To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.
Where else “hovisha” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elcha” appearslover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahava” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “notne” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachmi” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mema” appearswool
Wool.
Where else “tsamri” appearslinen, flax
Flax: the plant whose fibers are made into thread and cloth; linen.
Where else “fishti” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamni” appearsdrink
What one takes to quench thirst.
Where else “shikuya” appears4And on her children I will not have compassion, for they are children of prostitutions.
5 · This verse (above)
6Therefore, look, I am hedging up your way with thorns, and I will build her wall, and she will not find her paths.
