Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 23:3 Interlinear

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt in their youth And they committed whoredoms pressed there were their breasts and there they bruised the teats of their virginity

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1זָנ֑וּH2181And they committed whoredomsto commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
2בְמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714in Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
3בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ןH5271in their youth(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
4זָנ֑וּH2181And they committed whoredomsto commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
5שָׁ֚מָּהH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
6מֹעֲכ֣וּH4600pressedto press, i.e., to pierce, emasculate, handle
7שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ןH7699there were their breaststhe breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
8וְשָׁ֣םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
9עִשּׂ֔וּH6213and there they bruisedto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
10דַּדֵּ֖יH1717the teatsthe breast (as the seat of love, or from its shape)
11בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃H1331of their virginity(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it

Verse Context

Ezekiel 23:2Son of man there were two women the daughters mother...
Ezekiel 23:3 (current)And they committed whoredoms in Egypt in their youth And they committed whoredoms pressed there were their breasts and there they bruised the teats of their virginity
Ezekiel 23:4And the names is Aholah the elder Aholibah her sister ...

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