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Ezekiel 16:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3947 thou didst take ותקחי

H899 מבגדיך

H6213 and deckedst ותעשׂי

H1116 thy high places לך במות

H2921 with divers colours טלאות

H2181 and playedst the harlot ותזני

H5921 thereupon עליהם

H3808 the like things shall not לא

H935 come באות

H3808 neither ולא

H1961 shall it be יהיה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

thy

H4480 garments

thou

didst

H3947 take

and

H6213 deckedst

thy

high

H1116 places

with

divers

H2921 colours

and

playedst

the

H2181 harlot

H5921 thereupon

the

things

shall

H3808 not

H935 come

H3808 neither

shall

H1961 be

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2181

Hebrew: זָנָה

Transliteration: zânâh

Pronunciation: zaw-naw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (cause to) commit {fornication} X-(idiom) {continually} X-(idiom) {great} (be {an} play the) {harlot} (cause to {be} play the) {whore} ({commit} fall to) {whoredom} (cause to) go {a-whoring} whorish.

Definition:

to commit adultery (usually of the {female} and less often of simple {forniciation} rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)

1. to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot

a. (Qal)

1. to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication

2. to commit adultery

3. to be a cult prostitute

4. to be unfaithful (to God) (fig.)

b. (Pual) to play the harlot

c. (Hiphil)

1. to cause to commit adultery

2. to force into prostitution

3. to commit fornication

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906