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# concubinage

noun

«concubinage» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Ezekiel uses it as a picture of Israel and Judah chasing after foreign nations and gods like a faithless wife.

**Interpretation.** The prophets describe idolatry and foreign alliances as unfaithfulness in the marriage between God and Israel.

### Meaning

The state of living with a lover as a secondary wife; here it means lustful, unfaithful behavior. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/concubinage/#m1)

### Examples

- And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. (Prophets EZK.23.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/concubinage/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «concubinage» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/concubinage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«concubinage» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/concubinage.html) on Mova free.