Lexicon
נַבְלוּת
nav.lut
H5040
H:N-F Hebrew

lewdness

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

nav.lut denotes lewd conduct in the context of a woman's claimed gifts from her lovers.

The single attested use places nav.lut in a construct relationship within a portrayal of a woman, her lovers, and the gifts she claims to have received.

Senses in use

  1. Lewd conduct in a lovers-and-wages setting · dominant

    In Hosea 2:12, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the verse's portrayal of a woman who calls the vine and fig tree her wages from her lovers; the APB renders the surrounding statement, "These are my wages that my lovers have given me."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hosea 2:12, the APB presents the surrounding scene through the woman's claim about "my wages" and "my lovers," but does not clearly isolate an English rendering for the Hebrew term.

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