Senses
1. fornication, harlotry, unfaithfulness — Abstract feminine noun denoting fornication, harlotry, or spiritual unfaithfulness. Closely synonymous with the masculine plural zemunim (H2183) but in feminine abstract form. Used of literal prostitution (Hos 4:11 'prostitution and wine take away the heart'), metaphorical spiritual adultery against YHWH (Hos 6:10, Jer 3:2, 3:9, 13:27, Ezek 23:27, 43:7, 43:9), and broader unfaithfulness (Num 14:33 'your unfaithfulness' in the wilderness). All clusters represent inflectional variants: absolute zenut, construct with suffixes (zenutekh 'your harlotry,' zenutah 'her harlotry,' zenutam 'their harlotry,' zenuteykem 'your [pl] unfaithfulness'), and plural construct with prepositions. Glosses confirm uniform semantic range: Arabic 'zina,' German 'Hurerei,' Korean 'eumhaeng,' Spanish 'prostitucion/fornicacion.' 9×
AR["بِـ-زِنَاكِ","بِـ-زِنَاهُمْ","زِنىً","زِنَاكُمْ","زِنَاكِ","زِنَاهَا","زِنَاهُمْ"]·ben["তাদের-ব্যভিচার","তাদের-ব্যভিচারে","তার-ব্যভিচারের","তোমাদের-বেশ্যাবৃত্তি","তোমার-ব্যভিচারের-দ্বারা","বেশ্যাবৃত্তি","বেশ্যাবৃত্তি-তোমার","বেশ্যাবৃত্তির-তোমার"]·DE["Hurerei","[בזנותיך]","[בזנותם]","[זנותה]","[זנותך]","[זנותם]","dein-unfaithfulness"]·EN["Prostitution","of-her-harlotry","prostitution","their-harlotry","with-their-harlotry","with-your-harlotries","your-harlotry","your-prostitution","your-unfaithfulness"]·FR["[בזנותיך]","[זנותה]","[זנותך]","prostitution","ton-infidélité"]·heb["ב-זנותיך","ב-זנותם","זנות","זנותה","זנותיכם","זנותך","זנותם"]·HI["अपना-व्यभिचार","अपने-व्यभिचार-से","तुम्हारी-व्यभिचारिता","तेरी-वेश्यावृत्ति-की","तेरी-व्यभिचार","व्यभिचार","व्यभिचार-उसके-के","व्यभिचार-तेरे-से"]·ID["Persundalan","dengan-percabulanmu","dengan-perzinahan-mereka","percabulanmu","percabulannya","perzinahan","perzinahan-kamu","perzinahan-mereka","sundal"]·IT["[בזנותיך]","[בזנותם]","[זנותה]","[זנותך]","[זנותם]","prostituzione","tuo-unfaithfulness"]·jav["Efraim","bédhang-panjenengan","ing-laku-cabulé","jinah-panjenengan","kadurjanan-ipun-panjenengan-sadaya","kaliyan-laku-bedhang-panjenengan","laku-bedhang-nipun","laku-cabulé","laku-jina"]·KO["그것들의-음란함","그녀의-음행의","너의-음행으로","너희의-불신실들을","네-음행을","네-음행의","에-그것들의-음란함에","음행-과","음행이"]·PT["Prostituição","com-tuas-prostituições","em-sua-prostituição","prostituição","prostituções-vossas","sua-prostituição","tua-prostituição","tua-prostituição,"]·RU["блуд","блуда-её","блуда-твоего","блудодейство-их","блудодейством-их","блудодеяния-ваши","блудом-твоим","и-блуд"]·ES["Prostitución","con-su-prostitución","con-tus-prostituciones","fornicación-tuya","prostitución","prostitución-de-ti","su-prostitución","vuestras-fornicaciones"]·SW["Uzinzi","kwa-uzinzi-wako","kwa-uzinzi-wao","ukahaba-wako","uzinzi","uzinzi-wake","uzinzi-wao","uzinzi-wenu","wa-ukahaba-wako"]·TR["fahizeliğinin","fahişelik","fahişeliklerin-ile-senin","fahişeliğinin-onun","zinalarını","zinalarıyla","zinana","zınalarınızı"]·urd["اپنی-بدکاری","اپنی-بدکاری-سے","تمہاری-بے-وفائی","تیری-حرامکاری-کی","زنا","زناکاری-اُس-کی","زناکاری-اپنی-سے","زناکاری-تیری"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זְנוּת n.f.abstr. fornication;—ז׳ Ho 4:11; 6:10; sf. זְנוּתֵךְ Je 13:27 Ez 23:27; זְנוּתָהּ Je 3:9; זְנוּתָם Ez 43:7, 9; זְנוּתַיִךְ Je 3:2; זְנוּתֵיכֶם Nu 14:33. a. sexual Ho 4:11. b. international Ez 23:27. c. religious Nu 14:33 (J) Je 3:2, 9; 13:27 Ez 43:7, 9 Ho 6:10 (where WeKl. Proph. suggests זָנִיתָ); cf. זָנָה" dir="rtl" >זָנָה 3.