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Whoredom
The word whoredom is from one of 2 Hebrew words, zanuwn ZayinNunVavNun[1] from the word zanah ZayinNunHey[2] often translated whore or it is from the word taznuwth TavZayinNunVavTav used by Ezekiel[3] but from the same word zanah. It is akin to Adultery and Fornication.
- ↑ 02183 זָנוּן ZayinNunVavNun zanuwn [zaw-noon’] or (plural) זונים from 02181 ZayinNunHey; n m p; [BDB-276a] [{See TWOT on 563 @@ "563a" }] AV-whoredoms 12; 12
- 1) adultery, fornication, prostitution
- ↑ 02181 זָנָה ZayinNunHey zanah [zaw-naw’] a primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]; v; [BDB-275b] [{See TWOT on 563 }] AV- … harlot 36, go a whoring 19, … whoredom 15, whore 11, commit fornication 3, whorish 3, harlot + 0802 2, commit 1, continually 1, great 1, whore’s + 0802 1; 93
- 1) to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot
- We can see the idea of national adultery or the use of force when the Tav related to faith or Lamed (hand) or Vav (separation or union) is included with or adjacent to the ZayinNunHey
- In Isaiah 23:17 we see wə·zā·nə·ṯāh וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה VavZayinNunTavHey which references Tyre and "her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms".
- In Isaiah 23:17 we see the Hebrew: וְשָׁבָ֖ה לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה אֶת־ כָּל־
- where the word ethnan (0868) containing the root אֶתְנַ AlefTavNun is seen as לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה translated to her hire
- In Hosea 9:1 we see zā·nî·ṯā ZayinNunYodTav זָנִ֖יתָ Translated in
- NAS: "like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking"
- KJV: "as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God,"
- We see לִזְנ֖וֹת LamedZayinNunVavTav liz·nō·wṯ in Leviticus 20:5-6 and Leviticus 21:9 along with Numbers 25:1 and Deuteronomy 22:21. We see lə·haz·nō·w·ṯāh לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ LamedHeyZayinNunVavTavHey in Leviticus 19:29
- ↑ 08457 תַּזְנוּת TavZayinNunVavTav taznuwth [taz-nooth’] or
תזנת TavAyinNunTav taznuth [taz-nooth’] from 02181; n f; [BDB-276a] [{See TWOT on 563 @@ "563c" }] AV-whoredom 18, fornication 2; 20
- 1) fornication, harlotry