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title: זִרְמָה — issue · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִרְמָה (2231), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: issue. BDB 1906: n.f. issue. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִרְמָה

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«זִרְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **issue** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2231 · **BDB:** זִרְמָה

### Glosses

\[was.the\].ejaculation (1); ejaculation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

issue [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2231/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. issue [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2231/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. issue (of semen virile), in fig. of the paramours of Jerusalem וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם Ez 23:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «זִרְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2231/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.20/)

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וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔ה עַ֖ל פִּֽלַגְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּשַׂר־חֲמוֹרִים֙ בְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְזִרְמַ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים זִרְמָתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and she lusted on paramours their whom \[was.the\].flesh of.donkeys flesh their and \[was.the\].ejaculation of.horses ejaculation their

*JPS 1917:* And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

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