זְנוּת

«זְנוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: fornication — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 9 times · Key: 2184 · BDB: זְנוּת

Glosses

prostitution (5); prostitution(s) (2); her.prostitution (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

fornication tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.abstr. fornication tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f.abstr. fornication;—ז׳ Ho 4:11; 6:10; sf. זְנוּתֵךְ Je 13:27 Ez 23:27; זְנוּתָהּ Je 3:9; זְנוּתָם Ez 43:7, 9; זְנוּתַיִךְ Je 3:2; זְנוּתֵיכֶם Nu 14:33. sexual Ho 4:11. international Ez 23:27. religious Nu 14:33 (J) Je 3:2, 9; 13:27 Ez 43:7, 9 Ho 6:10 (where WeKl. Proph. suggests זָנִיתָ); cf. זָנָה 3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «זְנוּת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Hosea 4:11

זְנ֛וּת וְיַ֥יִן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ יִֽקַּֽח־לֵֽב׃

Word for word: prostitution and wine and new.wine it.takes.away [the].heart

JPS 1917: Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.

Hosea 6:10

בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: in the.house of.Israel I.have.seen a.horrible.[thing] there prostitution [belongs].to Ephraim it.has.made.itself.unclean Israel

JPS 1917: In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

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