Flesh of donkeys, their flesh, and the seed of horses, their seed (בְּשַׂר חֲמוֹרִים בְּשָׂרָם וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם)
Flesh of donkeys, their flesh, and the seed of horses, their seed (בְּשַׂר חֲמוֹרִים בְּשָׂרָם וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם)

Flesh of donkeys, their flesh, and the seed of horses, their seed

Figuratively: human beings who behave like animals or beasts (literally 'seed' here clearly meaning sexual intercourse).

("And she lusted after her lovers, whose flesh was like the flesh of donkeys, and whose seed was like the seed of horses" - Ezekiel 23:20, and also: "Fluttering of holy nations under flesh of donkeys / strangled in their impurity and dripping blood of their necks" - H.N. B’Yalik / In the city of slaughter)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּשַׂר חֲמוֹרִים בְּשָׂרָם וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמִּתְנַהֲגִים כְּמוֹ חַיּוֹת אוֹ בְּהֵמוֹת (זָרְמָה כְּכָל הַנִּרְאֶה מַשְׁמָע שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע).

("וַתַּעְגְּבָה עַל פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׂר חֲמוֹרִים בְּשָׂרָם וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם"- יְחֶזְקֵאל כג כ, וְכֵן:"בְּפַרְפַּר גּוֹיוֹת קְדוֹשׁוֹת תַּחַת בְּשַׂר חֲמוֹרִים/ נֶחֱנָקוֹת בְּטֻמְאָתָן וּמְעַלְּעוֹת דָּם צַוָּארָן "- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ בְּעִיר הַהֲרֵגָה)

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