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

Result
זוּ + נָּ֑ה
zu + na
zuna

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    zu-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO zu-NA

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI-VAKH HE-fekh min-ha-na-SHIM be-taz-nu-TA-yikh ve-a-kha-ra-YIKH LO zu-NA

  4. 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 contextEzekiel 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.