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title: נִאֻפִים — adultery · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִאֻפִים (5004), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: adultery. BDB 1906: adultery. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִאֻפִים

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«נִאֻפִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **adultery** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5004 · **BDB:** נִאֻף

### Glosses

adulteri(es) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

adultery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5004/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adultery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5004/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] adultery;—only pl. נִאֻפִים Ez 23:43 (but 𝔊 𝔖 Co נִאֲפוּ, cf. Berthol); sf. נִאֻפַ֫יִךְ Je 13:27 (Köi. 151); fig. of idolatrous worship.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «נִאֻפִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5004/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.43/)

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וָאֹמַ֕ר לַבָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים עַתָּ֛ה יִזְנ֥וּ תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and I.said of the.\[woman\] worn.out adulteri(es) now they.will.act.as.a.prostitutes prostitution(s) her and she

*JPS 1917:* Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still they commit harlotries with her, even her.

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[Jeremiah 13:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.27/)

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נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ זִמַּ֣ת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ עַל־גְּבָעוֹת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ א֥וֹי לָךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לֹ֣א תִטְהֲרִ֔י אַחֲרֵ֥י מָתַ֖י עֹֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* adulteri(es) your and neighings your the.wickedness your.prostitution your on hills in the field I.have.seen things your.detestable woe! to you O.Jerusalem not you.are.clean after when? yet

*JPS 1917:* Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, on the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be?

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