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H2181זָנָהza.nah
to fornicatePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
זוֹנָ֔ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”
His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.
וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה (תִּזְנֶ֤ה) tiz.Neh “she was angry”
Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
זֹנ֖וֹת zo.Not “prostitutes”
They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves [supplied: there]); according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
וְהַזֹּנ֖וֹת (זֹּנ֖וֹת) zo.Not “prostitutes”
They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
וַיִּזְנ֗וּ (יִּזְנ֗וּ) i.yiz.Nu “they played [the] prostitute”
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray.
וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙ (יֶּ֙זֶן֙) i.Ye.zen “he made prostitute [themselves]”
but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, like as the house of Ahab did, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house, who were better than yourself:
וַתַּזְנֶ֤ה (תַּזְנֶ֤ה) taz.Neh “you have made prostitute [themselves]”כְּהַזְנ֖וֹת (הַזְנ֖וֹת) haz.Not “made [them] prostitute [themselves]”
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
זוֹנֶ֥ה zo.Neh “[one who] acts as a prostitute”
Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.
וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗ (יִּזְנוּ֗) i.yiZ.nu “they played [the] prostitute”
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
זוֹנָ֗ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent.
ז֝וֹנָ֗ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”
For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.
זוֹנָ֑ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; But a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת zo.Not “prostitutes”
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers.
לְזוֹנָ֔ה (זוֹנָ֔ה) zo.Nah “a prostitute”
It shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute.
הַזּוֹנָֽה׃ (זּוֹנָֽה) zo.Nah “prostitute”
Take a harp, go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
זוֹנָ֣ה zo.Nah “O prostitute”
It shall happen after the end of seventy years, that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה (זָֽנְתָ֛ה) za.ne.Tah “it will act [the] prostitute”
But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃ (תִּזְנֶֽה) tiz.Neh “she has played [the] prostitute”
For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.
זֹנָֽה׃ zo.Nah “a prostitute”
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again? Won't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Yahweh.
זָנִית֙ za.Nit “you have acted as a prostitute”
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
זוֹנָה֙ zo.Nah “a prostitute”
Moreover Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.
וַתִּזְנִי־ (תִּזְנִי) tiz.ni- “she has acted as a prostitute”
I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
וַתִּ֥זֶן (תִּ֥זֶן) Ti.zen “she acted as a prostitute”
How can I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.
זוֹנָ֖ה zo.Nah “a prostitute”
Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
הַזּוֹנֶ֗ה (זּוֹנֶ֗ה) zo.Neh “prostitute”הַזֹּנ֕וֹת (זֹּנ֕וֹת) zo.Not “prostitute”