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Ezekiel 23:11

And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

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וַתֵּ֨רֶא֙vatereand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and see”, the next action in the storyH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…אֲחוֹתָ֣הּachotahsisterאָחוֹתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “sister”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH269a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)(an-) other, sister, together.אָהֳלִיבָ֔הaholivahAholibahאׇהֳלִיבָהnoun, proper name — “Aholibah”H172Oholibah, a symbolic name for JudahAholibah.וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥תvatashchetand batterשָׁחַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and batter”, the next action in the storyH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).עַגְבָתָ֖הּagvatahinordinate loveעֲגָבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “inordinate love”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5691love (abstractly), i.e. amorousnessinordinate love.מִמֶּ֑נָּהmimenahfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָtaznuteyhafornicationתַּזְנוּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fornication”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8457harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatryfornication, whoredom.מִזְּנוּנֵ֖יmiznunefrom whoredomזָנוּןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “from whoredom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2183adultery; figuratively, idolatrywhoredom.אֲחוֹתָֽהּachotahsisterאָחוֹתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “sister”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH269a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)(an-) other, sister, together.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

Young’s Literal Translation

And see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister.

World English Bible

“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of her sister.

Darby Translation

And her sister Oholibah saw [this], and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.

Douay-Rheims

And when her sister Ooliba saw this, she was mad with lust more than she: and she carried her fornication beyond the fornication of her sister.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And her sister Ooliba saw it , and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶδεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτῆς Ὀολιβὰ, καὶ διέφθειρε τὴν ἐπίθεσιν αὐτῆς ὑπὲρ ἐπί θεσιν αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν πορνείαν αὐτῆς ὑπὲρ τὴν πορνείαν τῆς τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆς.