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title: תַּזְנוּת — fornication · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּזְנוּת (8457), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: fornication. BDB 1906: n.f.abstr. fornication. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּזְנוּת

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«תַּזְנוּת» 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 8457 · **BDB:** תַּזְנוּת

### Glosses

prostitution(s) (16); prostitution (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fornication [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8457/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.abstr. fornication [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8457/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.abstr. fornication;—sf. תַּזְנוּתֵךְ Ez 16:20 (Kt) v 25 (Kt) v 29; תַּזְנֻתֵךְ Ez 16:26; תַּזְנוּתָם Ez 23:8, 17; תַּזְנוּתַיִךְ Ez 16:15, 34, 36; תַּזְנֻתַיִךְ Ez 16:22; תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ Ez 16:20(Qr)v 25(Qr)v 33; 23:29, 35; תַּזְנוּתֶיהָ Ez 23:7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 19, 43. These are all international mingled with religious references.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «תַּזְנוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8457/), 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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[Ezekiel 16:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.29/)

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וַתַּרְבִּ֧י אֶת־תַּזְנוּתֵ֛ךְ אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן כַּשְׂדִּ֑ימָה וְגַם־בְּזֹ֖את לֹ֥א שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.increased (et) prostitution your to a.land of.merchant\[s\] to Chaldea and also by this not you.were.satisfied

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast moreover multiplied thy harlotry with the land of traffic, even with Chaldea; and yet thou didst not have enough herewith.

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