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Exodus 34:16

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Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;	And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.	Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And thou take^H3947 of their daughters^H1323 unto thy sons^H1121, and their daughters^H1323 go a whoring^H2181 after^H310 their gods^H430, and make^H2181 thy sons^H1121 go a whoring^H2181 after^H310 their gods^H430.

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Original Hebrew

וְלָקַחְתָּ מִבְּנֹתָיו לְבָנֶיךָ וְזָנוּ בְנֹתָיו אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶן וְהִזְנוּ אֶת־בָּנֶיךָ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֥	ve./la.kach.Ta	H3947	HC/Vqp2ms	and/ you will take
מִ/בְּנֹתָ֖י/ו	mi./be.no.Ta/v	H1323	HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms	some of/ daughters/ his
לְ/בָנֶ֑י/ךָ	le./va.Nei./kha	H1121	HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms	for/ sons/ your
וְ/זָנ֣וּ	ve./za.Nu	H2181	HC/Vqp3cp	and/ they will prostitute themselves
בְנֹתָ֗י/ו	ve.no.Ta/v	H1323	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	daughters/ his
אַחֲרֵי֙	'a.cha.Rei	H310	HR	after
אֱלֹ֣הֵי/הֶ֔ן	'e.Lo.hei./Hen	H430	HNcmpc/Sp3fp	gods/ their
וְ/הִזְנוּ֙	ve./hiz.Nu	H2181	HC/Vhp3cp	and/ they will make prostitute (themselves)
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בָּנֶ֔י/ךָ	ba.Nei./kha	H1121	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	sons/ your
אַחֲרֵ֖י	'a.cha.Rei	H310	HR	after
אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽן	'e.lo.hei./Hen	H430	HNcmpc/Sp3fp	gods/ their

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H2181 — זָנָה (zânâh, zaw-naw'): a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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