Ezekiel
Chapter 23
Verse 3
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Ezekiel 23

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3 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.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ezekiel 23:3. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 67
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה בְמִצְרַ֔יִם בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן זָנ֑וּ שָׁ֚מָּה מֹעֲכ֣וּ שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן וְשָׁ֣ם עִשּׂ֔וּ דַּדֵּ֖י בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃

11 word entries
וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה
Lemma
c/2181
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person feminine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2181
Occurrences
24
בְמִצְרַ֔יִם
Lemma
b/4714
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4714
Occurrences
55
בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5271
Occurrences
6
זָנ֑וּ
Lemma
2181
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2181
Occurrences
47
שָׁ֚מָּה
Lemma
8033
Morphology
Hebrew: adverb + suffix
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
H8033
Occurrences
671
מֹעֲכ֣וּ
Lemma
4600
Morphology
Hebrew: verb pual perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4600
Occurrences
2
שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן
Lemma
7699 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7699
Occurrences
15
וְשָׁ֣ם
Lemma
c/8033
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adverb
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8033
Occurrences
47
עִשּׂ֔וּ
Lemma
6213 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
2
דַּדֵּ֖י
Lemma
1717
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine dual construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1717
Occurrences
4
בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן
Lemma
1331
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1331
Occurrences
9
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

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

15 word entries
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἐξεπόρνευσαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
exeporneysan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
Αἰγύπτῳ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Aigypto
Morphology
proper noun, dative feminine singular
Gloss
Egypt
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Egypt.
Occurrences
600
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
τῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
νεότητι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
neoteti
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
14
αὐτῶν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἐκεῖ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
ekei
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
there
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
There, in that place.
Occurrences
751
ἔπεσον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
epeson
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
they fell; I fell
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To fall.
Occurrences
207
οἱ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
μαστοὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
mastoi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
αὐτῶν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἐκεῖ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
ekei
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
there
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
There, in that place.
Occurrences
751
διεπαρθενεύθησαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
diepartheneythesan
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
were ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܙ̈ܢܝ ܒܡܨܪܝܢ ܒܛܠܝܘܬܗܝܢ ܬܡܢ ܡ̇ܪܣܘ ܬܕܝ̈ܗܝܢ ܘܬܡܢ ܐܬܒܬܠ

8 word entries
ܘܙ̈ܢܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WZ"NJ
Morphology
W-ZNJ[(J=:d
Occurrences
0
ܒܡܨܪܝܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
BMYRJN
Morphology
B-MYRJN/
Occurrences
0
ܒܛܠܝܘܬܗܝܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
BVLJWTHJN
Morphology
B-VLJW/T-HJN
Occurrences
0
ܬܡܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
TMN
Morphology
TMN
Occurrences
0
ܡ̇ܪܣܘ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
M^RSW
Morphology
MRS[W:d
Occurrences
0
ܬܕܝ̈ܗܝܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
TDJ"HJN
Morphology
TD/J-HJN
Occurrences
0
ܘܬܡܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WTMN
Morphology
W-TMN
Occurrences
0
ܐܬܒܬܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>TBTL
Morphology
@>T@BTL[(J=:d
Occurrences
0
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

וְטַעֲאָה בְמִצְרַיִם בָּתַר פּוּלְחַן טַעֲוָתְהוֹן טִעֲאָה תַּמָן פַּלְחָא לְטַעֲוָתָא וְתַמָן קִלְקְלָא עוֹבְדֵיהֶן׃

12 word entries
וְטַעֲאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wt''h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
בְמִצְרַיִם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bmtsrym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
261
בָּתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בתר
Transliteration
btr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
428
פּוּלְחַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwlchn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
65
טַעֲוָתְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
t'wthwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
52
טִעֲאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
t''h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
תַּמָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תמן
Transliteration
tmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
618
פַּלְחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
plch'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
לְטַעֲוָתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lt'wt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
113
וְתַמָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תמן
Transliteration
wtmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
618
קִלְקְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qlql'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
עוֹבְדֵיהֶן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wbdyhn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

et fornicatæ sunt in Ægypto, in adolescentia sua fornicatæ sunt: ibi subacta sunt ubera earum, et fractæ sunt mammæ pubertatis earum.

21 word entries
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
fornicatae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
fornicatae
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
63
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
Aegypto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Aegypto
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
617
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
adulescentia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
adulescentia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
36
sua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
sua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
fornicatae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
fornicatae
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
63
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ibi
Transliteration
ibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
517
subacta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
subigo
Transliteration
subacta
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ubera
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uber
Transliteration
ubera
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
33
earum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
earum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
fractae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frango
Transliteration
fractae
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
43
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
mammae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mamma
Transliteration
mammae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4
pubertatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
pubertatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
earum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
earum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Leviticus 17:7

They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.’

4 relevance votes

Joshua 24:14

“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

3 relevance votes

Ezekiel 16:22

In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were wallowing in your blood.

3 relevance votes

Ezekiel 20:8

“‘“But they rebelled against me and wouldn’t listen to me. They didn’t all throw away the abominations of their eyes. They also didn’t forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.

2 relevance votes

Ezekiel 23:21

Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the caressing of your nipples by the Egyptians because of your youthful breasts.

2 relevance votes

Ezekiel 23:8

She hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples and they poured out their prostitution on her.

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 29:16

(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the middle of the nations through which you passed;

2 relevance votes

Hosea 2:15

I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

2 relevance votes

Ezekiel 23:19

Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of Egypt.

2 relevance votes
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