ז֝וֹנ֗וֹת

𐤆𐤅𐤍𐤅𐤕

zonot

prostitutes

a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.

H2181

Proverbs 29:3 · Word #7

Lexicon H2181

Lemmaזָנָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤆𐤍𐤄
Transliterationzânâh
Strong'sH2181
In-contextprostitutes

Morphology HVqrfpa All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H2181-17

whoring women

Rootזנה (z-n-h)
Core Meaningsfornication, harlotry, sexual unfaithfulness, covenantal infidelity, idolatry
Semantic Rangeliteral prostitutes; women engaged in illicit sexual relations; metaphorically, those guilty of idolatry or covenantal unfaithfulness; by extension, communities depicted as unfaithful to YHWH.
Conceptual Significanceזנה is frequently used to portray Israel’s idolatry as marital betrayal against YHWH. The participial form underscores an ongoing pattern of unfaithfulness, reinforcing the prophetic image of covenant violation as spiritual harlotry.
Morphological NotesQal active participle, feminine plural, absolute (זֹנוֹת). Functions substantivally to denote women who practice harlotry or unfaithfulness.
Rendering RationaleThe form is a Qal active participle feminine plural absolute, describing women characterized by the action of זנה. "Whoring women" preserves the verbal, ongoing sense of the participle and clearly reflects the feminine plural morphology, while maintaining the root idea of sexual and covenantal unfaithfulness.

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Words from Root זנה (fornication, harlotry, sexual unfaithfulness, covenantal infidelity, idolatry)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H8457-01 betazenutayikhe in your whorings
H2181-01 hazonah the harloting woman
H2181-02 hazonot the whoring-women
H2181-03 hizenu they have caused whoring
H2181-04 lizenot to commit harlotry
H8457-02 tazenutayikhe your whorings
H8457-03 tazenutekhe your whoredom
H8457-04 tazenuteyha her whoredoms
H2181-05 tizeneh she will go whoring
H2181-06 tizeneynah they (feminine) will act as harlots
H2181-07 vatizen And she committed harlotry
H2181-08 vatizeneh and she committed harlotry
H2181-09 vatizeni and you prostituted yourself
H2181-10 vayizenu and they committed harlotry
H8457-05 vetazenutayikhe and your whorings
H2181-11 vezanu and they committed harlotry
H2181-12 zanetah she has committed harlotry
H2181-13 zanu they played the harlot
H2183-01 zenuney whoredoms of
H2183-02 zenunim whoredoms
H2184-01 zenut harlotry
H2181-14 zonah a whoring woman
H2181-15 zoneh a whoring woman
H2181-16 zonim men who go a-whoring

Word Usage (93 occurrences of H2181)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 34:31 הַ/כְ/זוֹנָ֕ה hakhezonah like a prostitute
Genesis 38:15 לְ/זוֹנָ֑ה lezonah to be a prostitute
Genesis 38:24 זָֽנְתָה֙ zanetah has played the harlot
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