They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore while still young. There their breasts were squeezed, and there their virgin nipples were handled.
Their names were: the elder one, Oholah;aOholah I.e., “Tent.” and her sister, Oholibah.bOholibah I.e., “My Tent Is in Her.” They became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
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ושמותן
802
אהלה
41
הגדולה
53
ואהליבה
59
אחותה
420
ותהיינה
486
לי
40
ותלדנה
495
בנים
102
ובנות
464
ושמותן
802
שמרון
596
אהלה
41
וירושלם
592
אהליבה
53
Ezekiel 23:5
Gematria: 2862
ותזןאהלהתחתיותעגבעלמאהביהאלאשורקרובים
Oholah whored while she was Mine, and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, warriorscwarriors Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותזן
463
אהלה
41
תחתי
818
ותעגב
481
עלמאהביה
163
אלאשור
538
קרובים
358
Ezekiel 23:6
Gematria: 3261
לבשיתכלתפחותוסגניםבחוריחמדכלםפרשיםרכביסוסים
clothed in blue, governors and prefects, cavalry troops—all of them handsome young fellows.
She did not give up the whoring she had begun with the Egyptians; for they had lain with her in her youth, and they had handled her virgin nipples and had poured out their lust upon her.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואתתזנותיה
1285
ממצרים
420
לא
31
עזבה
84
כי
30
אותה
412
שכבו
328
בנעוריה
343
והמה
56
עשו
376
דדי
18
בתוליה
453
וישפכו
422
תזנותם
903
עליה
115
Ezekiel 23:9
Gematria: 2365
לכןנתתיהבידמאהביהבידבניאשוראשרעגבהעליהם
Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians after whom she lusted.
They exposed her nakedness; they seized her sons and daughters, and she herself was put to the sword. And because of the punishment inflicted upon her, she became a byword among women.
She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and prefects, warriorsdwarriors Meaning of Heb. uncertain. gorgeously clad, horsemen mounted on steeds—all of them handsome young fellows.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אלבני
93
אשור
507
עגבה
80
פחות
494
וסגנים
169
קרבים
352
לבשי
342
מכלול
126
פרשים
630
רכבי
232
סוסים
176
בחורי
226
חמד
52
כלם
90
Ezekiel 23:13
Gematria: 1375
ואראכינטמאהדרךאחדלשתיהן
And I saw how she had defiled herself. Both of them followed the same course,
girded with belts round their waists, and with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers—a picture of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea.
Word-by-Word Analysis
חגורי
227
אזור
214
במתניהם
547
סרוחי
284
טבולים
97
בראשיהם
558
מראה
246
שלשים
680
כלם
90
דמות
450
בניבבל
96
כשדים
374
ארץ
291
מולדתם
520
Ezekiel 23:16
Gematria: 2893
ותעגבותעגבהעליהםלמראהעיניהותשלחמלאכיםאליהםכשדימה
At the very sight of them she lusted after them, and she sent messengers for them to Chaldea.
So the Babylonians came to her for lovemaking and defiled her with their whoring; and she defiled herself with them until she turned from them in disgust.
She flaunted her whoring and exposed her nakedness, and I turned from her in disgust, as I had turned disgusted from her sister.
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ותגל
439
תזנותיה
878
ותגל
439
אתערותה
1082
ותקע
576
נפשי
440
מעליה
155
כאשר
521
נקעה
225
נפשי
440
מעל
140
אחותה
420
Ezekiel 23:19
Gematria: 4587
ותרבהאתתזנותיהלזכראתימינעוריהאשרזנתהבארץמצרים
But she whored still more, remembering how in her youth she had played the whore in the land of Egypt;
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותרבה
613
אתתזנותיה
1279
לזכר
257
אתימי
461
נעוריה
341
אשר
501
זנתה
462
בארץ
293
מצרים
380
Ezekiel 23:20
Gematria: 4419
ותעגבהעלפלגשיהםאשרבשרחמוריםבשרםוזרמתסוסיםזרמתם
she lusted for concubinage with them, whose members were like those of donkeys and whose organseorgans Meaning of Heb. uncertain. were like those of stallions.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותעגבה
486
על
100
פלגשיהם
468
אשר
501
בשרחמורים
806
בשרם
542
וזרמת
653
סוסים
176
זרמתם
687
Ezekiel 23:21
Gematria: 3960
ותפקדיאתזמתנעוריךבעשותממצריםדדיךלמעןשדינעוריךס
Thus you reverted to the wantonness of your youth, rememberingfremembering Lit. “for the sake of.” your youthful breasts, when the men of Egypt handled your nipples.
Assuredly, Oholibah, thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to rouse against you the lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them upon you from all around—
the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, [the people of] Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, all of them handsome young fellows, governors and prefects, officers and warriors,gwarriors Meaning of Heb. uncertain. all of them riding on horseback.
They shall attack you with fleetshfleets Meaning of Heb. uncertain. of wheeled chariots and a host of troops; they shall set themselves against you on all sides with bucklers, shields, and helmets. And I will entrust your punishment to them, and they shall inflict their punishments on you.
I will direct My passion against you, and they shall deal with you in fury: They shall cut off your nose and ears;icut off your nose and ears A typical way of punishing a faithless subordinate in the ancient Near East. the last of you shall fall by the sword. They shall take away your sons and daughters, and your remnant shall be devoured by fire.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ונתתי
866
קנאתי
561
בך
22
ועשו
382
אותך
427
בחמה
55
אפך
101
ואזניך
94
יסירו
286
ואחריתך
645
בחרב
212
תפול
516
המה
50
בניך
82
ובנותיך
494
יקחו
124
ואחריתך
645
תאכל
451
באש
303
Ezekiel 23:26
Gematria: 2187
והפשיטוךאתבגדיךולקחוכליתפארתך
They shall strip you of your clothing and take away your dazzling jewels.
They shall treat you with hate, and they shall take away all you have toiled for, and leave you naked and bare; your naked licentiousness, wantonness, and whoredom will be exposed.
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ועשו
382
אותך
427
בשנאה
358
ולקחו
150
כליגיעך
163
ועזבוך
111
עירם
320
ועריה
291
ונגלה
94
ערות
676
זנוניך
143
וזמתך
473
ותזנותיך
899
Ezekiel 23:30
Gematria: 2451
עשהאלהלךבזנותךאחריגויםעלאשרנטמאתבגלוליהם
These things shall be done to you for your whoring with the nations, for defiling yourself with their fetishes.
Word-by-Word Analysis
עשה
375
אלה
36
לך
50
בזנותך
485
אחרי
219
גוים
59
על
100
אשרנטמאת
1001
בגלוליהם
126
Ezekiel 23:31
Gematria: 2169
בדרךאחותךהלכתונתתיכוסהבידךס
You walked in your sister’s path; therefore I will put her cup into your hand.
You shall drink it and drain it,And gnaw its shards;jAnd gnaw its shards Meaning of Heb. uncertain. And you shall tear your breasts.For I have spoken—declares the Sovereign GOD.
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; truly they have committed adultery with their fetishes, and have even offered to them as food the children they bore to Me.
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כי
30
נאפו
137
ודם
50
בידיהן
81
ואתגלוליהן
541
נאפו
137
וגם
49
אתבניהן
518
אשר
501
ילדולי
90
העבירו
293
להם
75
לאכלה
86
Ezekiel 23:38
Gematria: 3489
עודזאתעשוליטמאואתמקדשיביוםההואואתשבתותיחללו
At the same time they also did this to Me: they defiled My Sanctuary and profaned My sabbaths.
Moreover, they sent for men to come from afar, [men] to whom a messenger was sent; and they came. For them, [Oholibah,] you bathed, painted your eyes, and donned your finery;
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואף
87
כי
30
תשלחנה
793
לאנשים
431
באים
53
ממרחק
388
אשר
501
מלאך
91
שלוח
344
אליהם
86
והנהבאו
75
לאשר
531
רחצת
698
כחלת
458
עיניך
160
ועדית
490
עדי
84
Ezekiel 23:41
Gematria: 3760
וישבתעלמטהכבודהושלחןערוךלפניהוקטרתיושמנישמתעליה
and you sat on a grand couch with a set table in front of it—and it was My incense and My oil you laid upon it.
And the noise of a carefree multitude was there, of numerous men brought drunk from the desert;lof numerous men brought drunk from the desert Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and they put bracelets on their arms and splendid crowns upon their heads.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וקול
142
המון
101
שלו
336
בה
7
ואלאנשים
438
מרב
242
אדם
45
מובאים
99
סובאים
119
סבאים
113
ממדבר
286
ויתנו
472
צמידים
194
אלידיהן
110
ועטרת
685
תפארת
1081
עלראשיהן
666
Ezekiel 23:43
Gematria: 2481
ואמרלבלהנאופיםעתעתהיזנהיזנותזנותהוהיא
Then I said, “To destruction with adultery! Look, they are still going on with those same fornications of hers.”mTo destruction … hers Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואמר
247
לבלה
67
נאופים
187
עת
470
עתה
475
יזנה
72
יזנו
73
תזנותה
868
והיא
22
Ezekiel 23:44
Gematria: 1504
ויבואאליהכבואאלאשהזונהכןבאואלאהלהואלאהליבהאשתהזמה
And they would go to her as one goes to a prostitute; that is how they went to Oholah and Oholibah, wanton women.
But righteous mennrighteous men Or “other, unimplicated parties.” shall punish them with the punishments for adultery and for bloodshed, for they are adulteresses and have blood on their hands.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואנשים
407
צדיקם
244
המה
50
ישפטו
405
אותהם
452
משפט
429
נאפות
537
ומשפט
435
שפכות
806
דם
44
כי
30
נאפת
531
הנה
60
ודם
50
בידיהןס
141
Ezekiel 23:46
Gematria: 1912
כיכהאמראדנייהוההעלהעליהםקהלונתןאתהןלזעוהולבז
For thus said the Sovereign GOD: Summon an assembly against them, and make them an object of horror and plunder.