King James Version

Ezekiel 23:3

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

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וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָהvatizneynahand commit fornicationזָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and commit fornication”, the next action in the storyH2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.בְמִצְרַ֔יִםvemitsrayimin Egyptמִצְרַיִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ןbinureyhenin youthנָעוּרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “in youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5271(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)childhood, youth.זָנ֑וּzanvcommit fornicationזָנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “commit fornication”, a completed actionH2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.שָׁ֚מָּהshamahthereשָׁםadverb, directional ending — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.מֹעֲכ֣וּmoakhvbruisedמָעַךְverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “bruised”, a completed actionH4600to press, i.e. to pierce, emasculate, handlebruised, stuck, be pressed.שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ןshedeyhenbreastשַׁדnoun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7699the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)breast, pap, teat.וְשָׁ֣םveshamand thereשָׁםconjunction, adverb — “and there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.עִשּׂ֔וּisvdoעָשָׂהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…דַּדֵּ֖יdadebreastדַּדnoun, common, masculine, dual, construct — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1717the breast (as the seat of love, or from its shape)breast, teat.בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽןbetuleyhenvirginityבְּתוּלִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “virginity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1331(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it[idiom] maid, virginity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.

World English Bible

They played the prostitute in Egypt. They played the prostitute in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their youthful nipples were caressed there.

Darby Translation

And they committed whoredom in Egypt; they committed whoredom in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there were handled the teats of their virginity.

Douay-Rheims

And they committed fornication in Egypt, in their youth they committed fornication: there were their breasts pressed down, and the teats of their virginity were bruised.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν τῇ νεότητι αὐτῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔπεσον οἱ μαστοὶ αὐτῶν, ἐκεῖ διεπαρθενεύθησαν.