Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #343268

OSHB Eze 23:3 זָנוּ (zānū) Strongs=2181 Lemma=‘זָנָה’
contextual word gloss=‘they_acted_as_prostitutes’ word gloss=‘played_the_whore’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural

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Other uses (1) of identical word form זָנוּ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘זָנוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_acted_as_prostitutes’.

JDG 2:17 contextual word gloss=‘they_acted_as_prostitutes’ word gloss=‘lusted’ OSHB JDG 2:17 word 7

OET-LV: 17 And_also to their _of_judges not they _listened if/because they _acted _as _prostitutes after gods other and_they _bowed _down to/for_them they _turned _aside quickly from the_way which they _had _walked fathers _of_their to_obey the _commands _of YHWH not they _did so. (JDG_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 However they wouldn’t listen to those leaders either—continuing to prostitute themselves to other gods and bowing down to idols. They rapidly turned away from their ancestors’ ways and showed no interest in obeying Yahweh’s instructions. (JDG 2:17)