זוֹנָ֗ה

𐤆𐤅𐤍𐤄

zonah

harlot

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 6:26 · Word #4

Lexicon H2181

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

Morphology HVqrfsa 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 s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H2181-14

a whoring woman

Rootזנה (z-n-h)
Core Meaningsto fornicate, to be sexually unfaithful, to act as a harlot, to stray after other lovers, to commit spiritual unfaithfulness
Semantic Rangea prostitute; a sexually promiscuous woman; a woman committing adultery; figuratively, one who practices idolatry or covenantal unfaithfulness
Conceptual Significanceזנה is frequently used both literally for sexual immorality and metaphorically for Israel’s covenantal betrayal of YHWH through idolatry. The term thus carries strong covenantal overtones, portraying unfaithfulness to God as marital infidelity.
Morphological NotesFeminine singular absolute form; attested both as a common noun (HNcfsa) and as a Qal active participle feminine singular (HVqrfsa) from the root זנה.
Rendering RationaleThe form is feminine singular absolute, functioning either as a noun (“harlot”) or as a Qal feminine singular participle (“one who whores”). "A whoring woman" preserves the feminine singular sense and keeps the verbal force of the root זנה, which conveys active sexual and covenantal unfaithfulness.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root זנה (to fornicate, to be sexually unfaithful, to act as a harlot, to stray after other lovers, to commit spiritual unfaithfulness)

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
H2181-15 zoneh a whoring woman
H2181-16 zonim men who go a-whoring
H2181-17 zonot whoring women

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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