זָנָה

Qal Perfect ׳ז 5 Mos 31,16, זָָֽנְתָה 1 Mos 38,34 + 3 t., etc.; Imperfect יִזְנֶ֯ה (Kt) Ezk 23,43 תִּזְנֶה 3 Mos 19,29 + 4 t.; וַתִּ֫זֶן Jer 3,8; Ezk 23,5 תִּזְנִי Hos 3,3 וַתִּזְנִי Jer 3,6 (but read probably וַתִּזְנִי ׃וַתִּזֶן is not Aramaic form of 3 feminine singular, see Kö^{i. 540} Kau^{§ 47 g} b) Ezk 16,15 + 4 t.; וַתִּזְנִים Ezk 16,28 יִזְנוּ (Qr) Ezk 23,43 וַיִּזְנוּ Dom 8,27 + 4 t.; תִּזְנֶינָה Hos 4,13; Hos 4,14 וַתִּזְנֶינָה Ezk 23,3 Infinitive absolute זָנֹה Hos 1,2 construct לִזְנוֺת 3 Mos 20,5 + 3 t.; לִזְנֹת 3 Mos 20,6 suffix בִּזְנוֺתֵךְ Ezk 23,30 Participle זוֺנֶה Sl 73,27; Ezk 6,9 זֹנֶה Hos 4,15 plural זֹנִים 3 Mos 17,7 + 3 t.; זוֺנָה 5 Mos 23,19 + 25 t.; זֹנָה 3 Mos 21,7 + 2 t.; זוֺנוֺת Ord 29,3 זֹנוֺת Hos 4,14 + 4 t. —

1. be or act as a harlot, absolute 1 Mos 38,24 (J), 5 Mos 22,21 (D), 3 Mos 21,9 (H), Hos 4,13; Hos 4,14; Amos 7,17 זונה + (ה)אשׁה Jos 2,1; Jos 6,22 (J), 3 Mos 21,7 (H), Dom 11,1; Dom 16,1; Ord 6,26; Jer 3,3; Ezk 16,30; Ezk 23,44 זוֺנָה 1 Mos 34,31; 1 Mos 38,15; Jos 6,17; Jos 6,25 (all J), 5 Mos 23,19; 3 Mos 21,14 (H), Ord 7,10; Ord 23,27; Es 23,15; Es 23,16; Joel 4,3; Mik 1,7 (twice in verse); Ezk 16,31 נָשִׁים זֹנוֺת 1 Kong 3,16 ז(ו)נות 1 Kong 22,38; Ord 29,3; Hos 3,3; Hos 4,14; Ezk 16,33 בית זונה Jer 5,7 commit fornication, man's act אל ׳ז 4 Mos 25,1 (J); of woman's act Dom 19,2 of land given to harlotry 3 Mos 19,29.

2. figurative of improper intercourse with foreign nations (religious reference sometimes involved) את ׳ז Es 23,17 אחרי Ezk 23,30 אל Ezk 16,26; Ezk 16,28 (twice in verse); תַזְנוּתיה ׳ז Ezk 23,43; Nah 3,4 וַתִּזֶן אָהֳלָה תַחְתָּ֑י and Ohola committed fornication (whilst) under me Ezk 23,5 (compare 4 Mos 5,19).

3. of intercourse with other deities, considered as harlotry, sometimes involving actual prostitution, אחרי ׳ז 2 Mos 34,15; 2 Mos 34,16; 5 Mos 31,16 (all J), 3 Mos 17,7; 3 Mos 20,5 (twice in verse) (all H), Dom 2,17; Dom 8,27; Dom 8,33; 1 Kron 5,25; Ezk 6,9; Ezk 20,30 after אֹבֹת, etc. 3 Mos 20,6 (H), one's own heart & eyes 4 Mos 15,39 (H); especially of Israel, Judah, and Jerusalem under figure of lewd woman Ezk 16,15 (absolute) vEzk 16,16 (על במית), vEzk 16,17 (בְ ׳ז), Ezk 23,3 (twice in verse); Ezk 23,19 (absolute), Jer 3,1 (with accusative); vJer 3,6 vJer 3,8 (absolute); absolute elsewhere Hos 2,7; Hos 4,15; Sl 106,39 as leaving ׳י, followed by מֵעַל Hos 9,1 מאחרי Hos 1,2 (twice in verse); מתחת Hos 4,12 followed by מן alone Sl 73,27 ז(ו)נה Jer 2,20; Ezk 16,35; Ezk 16,41 בית זונה Jer 5,7 לִבָּם הַזּוֺנֶה their whorish heart Ezk 6,9.

4. זונה of moral defection Es 1,21. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular אַהֲרַיִךְ לֹא זוּנָּה fornication was not done (in going) after thee Ezk 16,34 (but strike out Co). Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular הִזְנֵיתָ Hos 5,3 3 plural חִזְנוּ Hos 4,10; Hos 4,18; 2 Mos 34,16 Imperfect וַיֶּ֫זֶן 2 Kron 21,11 וַתַּזְנֶה 2 Kron 21,13 Infinitive absolute הַזְנֵה Hos 4,18 construct הַזְנוֺת 2 Kron 21,13 suffix לְהַזְנוֺתָהּ 3 Mos 19,29.

1. cause to commit fornication:
\ \ a. sexual 3 Mos 19,29 (H).
\ \ b. religious 2 Mos 34,16 (J), 2 Kron 21,11; 2 Kron 21,13 (twice in verse).

2. commit fornication:
\ \ a. sexual Hos 4,10.
\ \ b. religious Hos 4,18 (twice in verse); Hos 5,3.