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Hebrew wordlink #306242

OSHB Jer 5:7 זוֹנָה (zōnāh) Strongs=2181 Lemma=‘זָנָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitutes’
Morphology=Vqrfsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-612 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Other uses (15) of identical word form זוֹנָה (Morphology=Vqrfsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘זוֹנָה’ (Morphology=Vqrfsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘O_prostitute’, ‘a_prostitute’.

DEU 23:19 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB DEU 23:19 word 4

OET-LV: 19  not you _will _bring the_hire _of a _prostitute and_the_price _of a _dog the _house _of YHWH god _of_your to/from_all/each/any/every vow if/because are_(the)_abomination _of YHWH god _of_your also both _of_of _them. (DEU_23:19)

OET-RV: 19 You mustn’t charge interest to your fellow Israeli, whether it’s money or food or anything else that’s borrowed. (DEU 23:19)

JOS 2:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB JOS 2:1 word 22

OET-LV: 2 and_ Yəhōshūˊa _he _sent the _son _of Nūn from (the)_Shiţţīm two men secretly spies to_say go see DOM the_earth/land and_DOM Yərīḩō/(Jericho) and_they _went and_they _came the_house _of a _woman a _prostitute and_her _of_name was_Rāḩāⱱ and_they _lay _down (to)_there. (JOS_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 Then from there at Acacia Grove, Yehoshua (Nun’s son) secretly sent off two spies, saying, “Go and learn about the land over there, especially around Yericho City.” So they went off, and over there, they entered the house of a woman—a prostitute named Rahab—and they lay down there. (JOS 2:1)

JDG 11:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB JDG 11:1 word 9

OET-LV: 11 and_Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) the_Gilˊādite he _was a _mighty_man_of strength and_he was_the _son _of a _woman a _prostitute and_ Gilˊād _he/it _fathered DOM Yiftāḩ. (JDG_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Now Yiftah the Gileadite was a fierce warrior, but he was a prostitute’s son and his father was Gilead. (JDG 11:1)

JDG 16:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB JDG 16:1 word 7

OET-LV: 16 and_ Shimshvōn/(Samson) _he/it _went to_ˊAzzāh and_he/it _saw there a _woman a _prostitute and_he _went into_her. (JDG_16:1)

OET-RV: 16 Samson went to Gaza city and he saw a prostitute woman there so he went in to spend the night with her. (JDG 16:1)

PROV 6:26 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute's’ OSHB PROV 6:26 word 4

OET-LV: 26 If/because the_price a _woman a _prostitute is_to a _round _loaf _of bread and_the_wife _of a _man a _life precious she _hunts. (PRO_6:26)

OET-RV: 26 because the price of a prostitute might be as cheap as a loaf of bread,
⇔ but another man’s wife might cost you your precious life. (PRO 6:26)

PROV 7:10 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB PROV 7:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 And_see/lo/see a _woman to_meet_him the_garment _of a _prostitute and_guarded _of heart. (PRO_7:10)

OET-RV: 10 Then look, a woman greets him,
⇔ dressed like a prostitute and skilled at seduction. (PRO 7:10)

PROV 23:27 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB PROV 23:27 word 4

OET-LV: 27 if/because is_a _pit deep a _prostitute and_is_a _well narrow a _foreign_woman. (PRO_23:27)

OET-RV: 27 because a prostitute is a deep pit,
⇔ ≈ and an adulteress is a narrow well. (PRO 23:27)

ISA 23:16 contextual word gloss=‘O_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB ISA 23:16 word 5

OET-LV: 16 Take a _harp go _around the_city Oh _prostitute forgotten do _well to _play multiply song so _that you _may _be _remembered. (ISA_23:16)

OET-RV: 16 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 23:16)

JER 3:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB JER 3:3 word 8

OET-LV: 3 And_ showers _they _have _been _withheld and_spring _rain not it _has _come and_the_forehead _of a _woman a _prostitute it _belonged to/for_you(fs) you _refused to _be _ashamed. (JER_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 3:3)

EZE 16:30 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB EZE 16:30 word 13

OET-LV: 30 How anger _of_is_your hot the _utterance _of my_master YHWH when_you_do DOM all _of these_things the_deed[s]_of a _woman a _prostitute imperious. (EZE_16:30)

OET-RV: 30 Your heart is so sick that you would do things like that—things that only a shameless prostitute would do. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration. (EZE 16:30)

EZE 16:35 contextual word gloss=‘O_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB EZE 16:35 word 2

OET-LV: 35 For_so/thus/hence Oh _prostitute hear the _message _of YHWH. (EZE_16:35)

OET-RV: 35 Therefore, Yerushalem, you prostitute, listen to Yahweh’s message. (EZE 16:35)

EZE 23:44 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB EZE 23:44 word 6

OET-LV: 44 And_he _went to_her/it as_goes into a _woman a _prostitute so they _went into ʼĀhₑlāh and_near/to ʼĀhₑlīⱱāh the _women _of (the)_licentiousness. (EZE_23:44)

OET-RV: 44 They had sex with her like men do with a prostitute. In that way they had sex with the two immoral women, Oholah and Oholibah. (EZE 23:44)

MIC 1:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB MIC 1:7 word 14

OET-LV: 7 And_all images _of_its they _will _be _crushed and_all hire(s)_of_its they _will _be _burnt with_fire and_all idols _of_its I _will _make a _waste if/because from_the_hire _of a _prostitute it _gathered_them and_unto the_hire _of a _prostitute they _will _return. (MIC_1:7)

OET-RV: 7 All her carved statues will be smashed into pieces,
⇔ and all her wages will be burnt.
⇔ Yes, I’ll totally destroy all her idols.
⇔ Since she used prostitutes’ wages to pay for them,
⇔ ≈ the crushed pieces of idols will become prostitutes’ wages again.” (MIC 1:7)

MIC 1:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB MIC 1:7 word 18

NAH 3:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_prostitute’ word gloss=‘prostitute’ OSHB NAH 3:4 word 3

OET-LV: 4 From_the_abundance _of the_prostitution(s)_of a _prostitute good _of grace a _mistress _of sorceries who_sells nations by_her _of_prostitution(s) and_clans by_her _of_sorceries. (NAH_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 That will happen because the beautiful prostitute had so much business.
⇔ She’s the mistress of witchcraft.
⇔ She attracts other countries with her prostitution.
⇔ ≈ She attracts other peoples with her sorceries. (NAH 3:4)