Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

To all:

After the recent discussion of possible euphemism in Psalm 2:12, I wonder if 
there is another on in Ezekiel 16:33. I suspect that early translators turned 
red from the explicit language and softened it.

I read the verse as folows: “They give ejecta (semen) to all prostitutes, and 
you (female) give your vagina to all your lovers, and you, in your 
prostitution, bribe them to come unto you from surrounding places.”

I can image that a similar euphemistic rendering in modern English would 
sound like, “They sow their wild oats in all prostitutes and you give your 
favors to all your lovers…”

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Karl W. Randolph.
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