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znyw, znywtˀ (zānyū, zānyūṯā) n.f. prostitution
1
prostitution, fornication
Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
P Gn38:24↗ ܗܐ ܡܢ ܙܢܝܘܬܐ ܒܛܢܐ‏ : look she is pregnant due to prostitution ; GY 329:17↗ pirṣa uhbala uzaniuta bgauẖ šbaq : eave debauchery, destructive acts, and fornication in it ; TgProv29:3↗ דמחבר בזניותא מוביד מוליה‏ : [MT רֹעֶה זוֹנוֹת יְאַבֶּד־הוֹן]
2
fig. : unfaithfulness to God
Syr
Rechtsb2 86:4 ܙܢܝܘܬܐ ܢܦܫ݂ܢܝܬܐ ܕܐܝܬܝܗ݀ ܚܪܫܘܬܐ‏ : spiritual prostitution, i.e., magical practice ; AphDem18.351:7↗ ܙܡܪܝ ܡܛܠ ܙܢܝܘܬܗ ܕܒܚܕܐ ܫܥܐ ܢܦܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ܃ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ‏ : Zimri, because of his whoring, twenty-four thousand of Israel fell at the same time ; P Je3:2↗ ܛܢ݁ܦܬܝ ܐܪܥܐ ܒܙܢܝ݂ܘܬܟܝ‏ ; JSBhom 8:10↗ ܕܲܠܙܵܢܝܽܘܬ݂ܵܐ ܢܸܡܪܽܘܩ ܡܸܢܵܗ݀ ܒܩܲܕܝܼܫܽܘܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : to cleanse the fornication from her through sanctification
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proper punishment thereof
Syr
P Num14:33↗ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܪܥܝܢ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܗܢܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ܂ ܘܢܩܒܠܘܢ ܙܢܝܘܬܟܘܢ‏ : they shall wander in this desert for forty years and receive the punishment for their whoring
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 388[200]DJBA: 418Jastrow: 406Drower/Macuch: 160aLevy Ch-W: 1:226

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