Ezekiel 23:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
זָנָה
they acted as prostitutes
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
עָשָׂה
they squeezed
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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בְּתוּלִים
virginities/ their
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בְּתוּלִים
(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it
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שָׁם
there/ towards
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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דַּד
the nipples of
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דַּד
the breast (as the seat of love, or from its shape)
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שַׁד
breasts/ their
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שַׁד
the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
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מָעַךְ
they were handled
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מָעַךְ
to press, i.e. to pierce, emasculate, handle
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