What Does Aholah Mean?

In the Hebrew Bible, Oholah and Oholibah are pejorative personifications given by the prophet Ezekiel to the cities of Samaria in the Kingdom of Israel and Jerusalem in the kingdom of Judah, respectively. They appear in chapter 23 of the Book of Ezekiel. There is a pun in these names in the Hebrew.

What is the meaning of Ezekiel 23?

Ezekiel 23's metaphor of Israel and Judah as sisters married to God has attracted the attention of feminist scholars. In Ezekiel 23 their disapproved sexual relations in Egypt occur when they are young, before they are married to God. ... The reference to promiscuity in Egypt could refer to earlier political alliances.

Is Ezekiel a Hebrew?

Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel, Hebrew Yeḥezqel, (flourished 6th century bc), prophet-priest of ancient Israel and the subject and in part the author of an Old Testament book that bears his name.