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title: זְנוּנִים — fornication · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְנוּנִים (2183), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: fornication. BDB 1906: fornication. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְנוּנִים

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«זְנוּנִים» 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.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 2183 · **BDB:** זְנוּנִים

### Glosses

of.prostitution(s) (5); prostitution(s) (3); of.\[the\].prostitution(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fornication [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2183/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fornication [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2183/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fornication, pl.abstr. intens. (Ol§ 215 a; DlPr 74, der. from √ זנן, Assyrian zanânu, fill full, cf. Dlib. 73)—ז׳ Ho 1:2 + 5 times, cstr. זְנוּנֵי Na 3:4 + 2 times, זְנוּנַיִךְ Ez 23:29, זְנוּנֶיהָ Ho 2:4 Na 3:4. sexual Gn 38:24 (J) Ho 1:2(×2). international Na 3:4(×2). religious 2 K 9:22 Ez 23:11, 29 Ho 2:4, 6; 4:12; 5:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְנוּנִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2183/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.6/)

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וְאֶת־בָּנֶ֖יהָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי־בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) children her not I.will.have.compassion.on (dm) \[are\].children of.prostitution(s) they

*JPS 1917:* And I will not have compassion upon her children; for they are children of harlotry.

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[Ezekiel 23:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.11/)

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וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת עַגְבָתָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.saw sister her Oholibah and she.acted.corruptly lust her more than.her and (et) prostitution(s) her more than.the.prostitution(s) her.sister her

*JPS 1917:* And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

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