The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:11 Explained

Ezekiel 23:11

KJV: And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

YLT: And see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister.

Darby: And her sister Oholibah saw this, and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.

ASV: And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when her sister  Aholibah  saw  [this], she was more corrupt  in her inordinate love  than she, and in her whoredoms  more than her sister  in [her] whoredoms. 

What does Ezekiel 23:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 23

1  The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23  Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36  The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45  and shows their judgments

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 23:11 mean?

And although saw [this] her sister Oholibah and she became more corrupt in her lust than she and in her harlotry more corrupt than harlotry her sister's
וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת עַגְבָתָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־ תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙  And  although  saw  [this] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ  her  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה  Oholibah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָהֳלִיבָה  
Sense: (metaph) Jerusalem as adulterous wife of Jehovah.
וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת  and  she  became  more  corrupt 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁחַת  
Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay.
עַגְבָתָ֖הּ  in  her  lust 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֲגָבָה  
Sense: lustfulness.
מִמֶּ֑נָּה  than  she 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ  in  her  harlotry 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: תַּזְנוּת  
Sense: fornication, harlotry.
מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י  more  corrupt  than  harlotry 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: זְנוּנִים  
Sense: adultery, fornication, prostitution.
אֲחוֹתָֽהּ  her  sister's 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.

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