Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Chavoux Luyt <chavoux AT gmail.com>]

Hi Olivier

> My comments:
> The problem is that the translation "a prostitute woman or wife" is not 
> linguistically appropriate since the adjective following the
> feminine noun אִשָּׁה in construct state is actually in masculine plural 
> זנונים which makes the above translation impossible.
I am not too sure of this, because there are some feminine nouns
taking the "masculine" plural (e.g. Beitzah -> Beitzim) and the other
way round (Ab -> Abot). So it is at least  _possible_ that zonah takes
the masculine plural in this case.

>I would prefer the translation "woman of prostitution" or "woman practicing 
>a sacred prostitution" than the common "prostitute
>woman" which is not fitting linguistically and theologically.
And I would agree with you here.

Regards
Chavoux Luyt