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Ezekiel 23:5

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

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וַתִּ֥זֶןvatizenand commit fornicationזָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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.אָהֳלָ֖הaholahAholahאׇהֳלָהnoun, proper name — “Aholah”H170Oholah, a symbolic name for SamariaAholah.תַּחְתָּ֑יtachtaywithתַּחַתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.וַתַּעְגַּב֙vatagavand doteעֲגַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and dote”, the next action in the storyH5689to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)dote, lover.עַֽלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…מְאַהֲבֶ֔יהָmeahaveyhaloveאָהַבverb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “love”, a verb used as a describing wordH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אַשּׁ֖וּרashurAssyriaאַשּׁוּרnoun, proper name — “Assyria”H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empireAsshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).קְרוֹבִֽיםqerovimnearקָרוֹבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “near”, the ordinary formH7138near (in place, kindred or time)allied, approach, at hand, [phrase] any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Young’s Literal Translation

And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,

World English Bible

“Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Darby Translation

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians [her] neighbours,

Douay-Rheims

And Oolla committed fornication against me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that came to her,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbours,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσεν ἡ Ὀολὰ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθετο ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐραστὰς αὐτῆς, ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀσσυρίους τοὺς ἐγγίζοντας αὐτῇ,