What Does Ezekiel 23:8 Mean?

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“she her whoredoms”

harlotry, i.e., (figuratively) idolatry

“brought from Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Neither left”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“they lay”

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

“for in her youth”

(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)

they (only used when emphatic)

“with her and they bruised”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“the breasts”

the breast (as the seat of love, or from its shape)

“of her virginity”

(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it

“and poured”

to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc

“she her whoredoms”

harlotry, i.e., (figuratively) idolatry

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications