Ezekiel 23:43:6Ezek.23.43.W6TAB
יזנה
yizne
“he will commit prostitution or she will commit prostitution”
- Transliteration
- yiz-NE
- Extended
- yihz-NEH
- IPA
- /jizˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will commit prostitution or she will commit prostitution
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiz-NE
- phraseyour reading level
yiz-NE yiz-NU taz-nu-TE-ha
- clause
ET a-TA yiz-NE yiz-NU taz-nu-TE-ha va-HI
- sentence
va-o-MAR la-ba-LA ni-u-FIM ET a-TA yiz-NE yiz-NU taz-nu-TE-ha va-HI
Exegesis
The nouns ni'ufim {נִֽאוּפִ֑ים | ni-ʾû-p̄îm} and taznutah {תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ | taz-nu-te-hā} form a semantic parallel between adulterous acts and prostitution, while the imperfect verbs yizneh {יזנה | yiz-neh} and yiznu {יִזְנ֥וּ | yiz-nû} create a chiastic pattern of singular and plural agency.
Root and etymology
z-n-h
“to act as a prostitute”
In context — Ezekiel 23:43
And I said to the woman grown old in adulteries , “At this time will they commit adulteries with her prostitution , and she with them?”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:43:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 23:43, so the Hebrew word יזנה (yizne) 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.23.43.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.43.W6.S1) and character.