Ezekiel Chapter 23 verse 3 Holy Bible
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.
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They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.
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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.
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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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and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.
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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.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) In Egypt.--The idolatries of Israel in Egypt have already been spoken of in the Note to Ezekiel 20:8. (See also Ezekiel 23:19 below.)Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand they playedוַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה (wat·tiz·ne·nāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine pluralStrong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatryin Egypt,בְמִצְרַ֔יִם (ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim)Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africaprostituting themselvesזָנ֑וּ (zā·nū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatryfrom their youth.בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן (bin·‘ū·rê·hen)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine pluralStrong's 5271: Youth, the state, the personsTheir breastsשְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן (šə·ḏê·hen)Noun - mdc | third person feminine pluralStrong's 7699: The breast of a, woman, animalwere fondledמֹעֲכ֣וּ (mō·‘ă·ḵū)Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 4600: To press, to pierce, emasculate, handlethere,שָׁ֚מָּה (māh)Adverb | third person feminine singularStrong's 8033: There, then, thitherand their virginבְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃ (bə·ṯū·lê·hen)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine pluralStrong's 1331: Virginity, the tokens of itbosomsדַּדֵּ֖י (dad·dê)Noun - mdcStrong's 1717: Breast, teat, nipplecaressed.עִשּׂ֔וּ (‘iś·śū)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 6213: To do, makeJump to PreviousActing Behaviour Bosom Breasts Bruised Caressed Committed Corrupted Crushed Deeds Egypt Engaging First Fondled Handled Harlot Harlotries Lewd Played Pressed Prostitute Prostitutes Prostitution Teats Virgin Virginity Whoredom Whoredoms Women Young Youth
