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Ezekiel 23:5 Interlinear

“played the harlot And Aholah when she was mine and she doted on her lovers on the Assyrians her neighbours”

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Ezekiel 23 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַתִּ֥זֶן	H2181	played the harlot	to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
2	אָהֳלָ֖ה	H170	And Aholah	oholah, a symbolic name for samaria
3	תַּחְתָּ֑י	H8478	when she was mine	the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
4	וַתַּעְגַּב֙	H5689	and she doted	to breathe after, i.e., to love (sensually)
5	עַֽל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6	מְאַהֲבֶ֔יהָ	H157	on her lovers	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
7	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
8	אַשּׁ֖וּר	H804	on the Assyrians	ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
9	קְרוֹבִֽים׃	H7138	her neighbours	near (in place, kindred or time)

Ezekiel 23:5 (current)played the harlot And Aholah when she was mine and she doted on her lovers on the Assyrians her neighbours