a.sah denotes pressing the breasts in the three attested Ezekiel clauses.

The attested use describes pressing the breasts within Ezekiel’s recollections of youthful sexual conduct: the Piel perfect forms occur in clauses about those actions, while the Qal infinitive construct appears in the remembered event.

1. Pressing the breasts · dominant

   In Ezekiel 23:3 and Ezekiel 23:8, the Piel perfect forms occur in clauses describing people pressing “the breasts of their virginity”; in Ezekiel 23:21, the Qal infinitive construct occurs when the remembered conduct is described. The APB renders these clauses with “pressed your breasts,” “pressed the breasts of their virginity,” and “fondling your youthful bosom.”

   Ezekiel 23:3Ezekiel 23:8Ezekiel 23:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clauses as pressing breasts in Ezekiel 23:3 and Ezekiel 23:8, and as “fondling your youthful bosom” in Ezekiel 23:21. This variation should not be treated as separate lexical uses.