Ezekiel 16:30:10Ezek.16.30.W10TAB
אִשָּֽׁה־זוֹנָ֖ה
ishazona
“a woman, a prostitute”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA-zo-NA
- Extended
- ih-SHAH-zoh-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.ʃaː.zoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman, a prostitute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-SHA-zo-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ma-a-SE i-SHA-zo-NA
- clause
ba-a-so-TEKH ET-kol-E-le ma-a-SE i-SHA-zo-NA sha-LET
- sentence
MA a-mu-LA li-ba-TEKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ba-a-so-TEKH ET-kol-E-le ma-a-SE i-SHA-zo-NA sha-LET
Exegesis
The construct chain maʿăśeh ʾiššāh-zōnāh {מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אִשָּֽׁה־זוֹנָ֖ה | maʿăśeh ʾiššāh-zōnāh} ‘deed of a prostitute’ is intensified by the participle shallāṭet {שַׁלָּֽטֶת | shallāṭet} ‘domineering,’ heightening the imagery of shameless unfaithfulness.
Root and etymology
ז־נ־הz-n-h
“to prostitute oneself, act unfaithfully”
In context — Ezekiel 16:30
“How weak your heart has become, declares the Lord GOD , as you do all these things—the deeds of a domineering prostitute.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:30, so the Hebrew word אִשָּֽׁה־זוֹנָ֖ה (ishazona) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.16.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.30.W10.S1) and character.