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# נִאֻפִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5004

**adultery** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

adultery [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5004/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נִאֻף: adultery [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5004/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] adultery;—only pl. נִאֻפִים Ez 23:43 (but 𝔊 𝔖 Co נִאֲפוּ, cf. Berthol); sf. נִאֻפַ֫יִךְ Je 13:27 (Köi. 151); fig. of idolatrous worship.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: adulteri(es) (2).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 23:43](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.43/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.43/#tree)

וָאֹמַ֕ר לַבָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים עַתָּ֛ה יִזְנ֥וּ תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and I.said of the.\[woman\] worn.out adulteri(es) now they.will.act.as.a.prostitutes prostitution(s) her and she

*JPS 1917:* Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still they commit harlotries with her, even her.

[Jeremiah 13:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.27/#tree)

נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ זִמַּ֣ת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ עַל־גְּבָעוֹת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ א֥וֹי לָךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לֹ֣א תִטְהֲרִ֔י אַחֲרֵ֥י מָתַ֖י עֹֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* adulteri(es) your and neighings your the.wickedness your.prostitution your on hills in the field I.have.seen things your.detestable woe! to you O.Jerusalem not you.are.clean after when? yet

*JPS 1917:* Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, on the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5004.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5004/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).