Ezekiel 23:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

Young's Literal Translation
And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.

King James Bible
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

Hebrew
and they played
וַתִּזְנֶ֣ינָה (wat·tiz·ne·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

in Egypt,
בְמִצְרַ֔יִם (ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

prostituting themselves
זָנ֑וּ (zā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

from their youth.
בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן (bin·‘ū·rê·hen)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

Their breasts
שְׁדֵיהֶ֔ן (šə·ḏê·hen)
Noun - mdc | third person feminine plural
Strong's 7699: The breast of a, woman, animal

were fondled
מֹעֲכ֣וּ (mō·‘ă·ḵū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4600: To press, to pierce, emasculate, handle

there,
שָׁ֚מָּה (māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and their virgin
בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃ (bə·ṯū·lê·hen)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 1331: Virginity, the tokens of it

bosoms
דַּדֵּ֖י (dad·dê)
Noun - mdc
Strong's 1717: Breast, teat, nipple

caressed.
עִשּׂ֔וּ (‘iś·śū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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