Lexicon
זִרְמָה
zir.mah
H2231
H:N-F Hebrew

discharge

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zir.mah denotes a bodily emission, used in Ezekiel 23:20 in a comparison involving horses.

The attested use places zir.mah in a comparison of bodily emission: in Ezekiel 23:20, two construct-form tokens occur in the clause comparing the emission of the men described with that of horses.

Senses in use

  1. Bodily emission in a comparison · dominant

    In Ezekiel 23:20, the two feminine singular construct forms occur in the clause that compares bodily emission with that of horses. The APB renders the verse with “whose discharge was the discharge of horses,”.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 23:20, the APB presents the comparison as “whose discharge was the discharge of horses.” This rendering identifies the verse-level comparison rather than assigning each English word to a specific token.

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