harlot’s pay (hire) / the wages of harlotry

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harlot’s pay (hire) / the wages of harlotry

harlot’s pay (hire) / the wages of harlotry

A literary pejorative term for payment given for a sexual act.

("You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God" – Deuteronomy 23:19, and also: "No longer does she receive such hire/ concubine for the exposure of her breast/ from the hands of princes... from the hands of those who conquer the borders of the world/ drunk with her caresses" – Shaul Tchernichovsky, ‘The Ring to My Lord’)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶתְנָן זוֹנָה

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּנּוּי גְּנַאי סִפְרוּתִי לְתַשְׁלוּם שֶׁנִּתָּן בֵּגִין מַעֲשֶׂה מִינִי.

("לֹא תָבִיא אֶתְנַן זוֹנָה וּמְחִיר כֶּלֶב בֵּית ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְכָל נֶדֶר, כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם"- דְּבָרִים כג יט, וְכֵן: "לֹא עוֹד קַבָּלָה אֶתְנַן כָּזֶה/ פִּילֶגֶשׁ עַל מַחְשׂוֹף חָזֶה/ מִיָּד רוֹזְנִים...מִיָּד כּוֹבְשֵׁי גְּבוּלוֹת עוֹלָם/ שִׁכּוֹרִים מִדּוֹדֶיהָ לָהּ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ טַבַּעַת לוֹ לַאֲדוֹנִי)

Keyword

Biblical expression literature Payment pejorative sexual act

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