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Ezekiel 23:20

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

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וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔הvatagevahand doteעֲגַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, paragogic he — “and dote”, the next action in the storyH5689to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)dote, lover.עַ֖לalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פִּֽלַגְשֵׁיהֶ֑םpilagsheyhemconcubineפִּילֶגֶשׁnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “concubine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6370a concubine; also (masculine) a paramourconcubine, paramour.אֲשֶׁ֤רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בְּשַׂרbesarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.חֲמוֹרִים֙chamorimassחֲמוֹרnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “ass”, the ordinary formH2543a male ass (from its dun red)(he) ass.בְּשָׂרָ֔םbesarambodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.וְזִרְמַ֥תvezirmatand issueזִרְמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and issue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2231a gushing of fluid (semen)issue.סוּסִ֖יםsusimhorse . Compare H6571סוּסnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “horse . Compare H6571”, the ordinary formH5483a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ).זִרְמָתָֽםzirmatamissueזִרְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “issue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2231a gushing of fluid (semen)issue.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Young’s Literal Translation

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh [is] the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses — their issue.

World English Bible

She lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Darby Translation

and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is [as] the flesh of asses, and whose issue is [as] the issue of horses.

Douay-Rheims

And she was mad with lust after lying with them whose flesh is as the flesh of asses: and whose issue as the issue of horses.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and thou didst dote upon the Chaldeans, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and their members as the members of horses.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐπέθου ἐπὶ τοὺς Χαλδαίους, ὧν ὡς ὄνων αἱ σάρκες αὐτῶν, καὶ αἰδοῖα ἵππων τὰ αἰδοῖα αὐτῶν,