Ezekiel 16:34:7Ezek.16.34.W7TAB
זוּנָּ֑ה
zuna
“one committed prostitution”
- Transliteration
- zu-NA
- Extended
- zoo-NAA
- IPA
- /zuˈnːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- one committed prostitution
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
zu-NA
- phraseyour reading level
LO zu-NA
- clause
va-ye-HI-VAKH HE-fekh min-ha-na-SHIM be-taz-nu-TA-yikh ve-a-kha-ra-YIKH LO zu-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI-VAKH HE-fekh min-ha-na-SHIM be-taz-nu-TA-yikh ve-a-kha-ra-YIKH LO zu-NA u-ve-tit-TEKH et-NAN ve-et-NAN LO nit-TAN-LAKH va-te-HI le-HE-fekh
Exegesis
The negated perfect clause ve-acharayikh lo zunah {וְאַחֲרַ֖יִךְ לֹ֣א זוּנָּ֑ה | wə-ʾa-ḥa-ra-yiḵ lōʾ zūn-nāh} indicates no one imitated her vice.
Root and etymology
ז־נ־הz-n-h
“to prostitute oneself, act unfaithfully”
In context — Ezekiel 16:34
And in you there was a reversal from other women in your harlotries : no one sought you out to play the harlot, and in your giving payment, payment was not given to you—so you became a reversal .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 16:34, so the Hebrew word זוּנָּ֑ה (zuna) 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.16.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.34.W7.S1) and character.