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Ezekiel 23:16

“And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עֲגַבʻăgab · aw-gab'
H5689 · Hebrew
Definition
to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
dote, lover.
Grammar
  • ו — conjunction
  • תעגב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3fs
Usage
Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Jeremiah 4:30Ezekiel 23:5Ezekiel 23:7Ezekiel 23:9Ezekiel 23:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֲגַב here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.