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Ezekiel 23:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Ezekiel 23:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 23:311 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תִּזְנֶ֣ינָהwatizəneynāh
commit fornicationconjH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
בְ/מִצְרַ֔יִםbəmiṣərayim
EgyptpronH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
בִּ/נְעוּרֵי/הֶ֖ןbinəʿwrēyhen
childhoodpronH5271
youth
זָנ֑וּzānw
commit fornicationverbH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
שָׁ֚מָּ/הšāmāh
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
מֹעֲכ֣וּmōʿăkw
bruisedverbH4600
stuck · be pressed
שְׁדֵי/הֶ֔ןšədēyhen
breastnounH7699
pap · teat
וְ/שָׁ֣םwəšām
in itconjH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
עִשּׂ֔וּʿiśw
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
דַּדֵּ֖יdadēy
breastnounH1717
teat
בְּתוּלֵי/הֶֽןbətwlēyhen
virginitynounH1331
maid
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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