And you will eatוְאָכַלְתָּthe fruitפְרִיof your womb,בִטְנְךָthe fleshבְּשַׂרof your sonsבָּנֶיךָand of your daughters,וּבְנֹתֶיךָwhomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas givenנָתַןyou,לְךָin the siegeבְּמָצוֹרand in the distressוּבְמָצוֹקwith whichאֲשֶׁרyour enemyאֹיְבֶךָwill distressיָצִיקyou.לְךָ
Deuteronomy 28:53
Study it in the app“And you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom YHWH your Elohim has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:53, word by word
- And you will eatאָכַלְתָּachalta
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalta” appears- the fruitפְרִיferi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “feri” appears- of your wombבִטְנְvitn
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “vitn” appears- the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of your sonsבָּנֶיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears- and of your daughtersבְנֹתֶיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- in the siegeמָצוֹרmatsor
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appears- and in the distressמָצוֹקmatsok
distress, straits
Distress: a narrow place, a situation one cannot get out of.
Where else “matsok” appears- your enemyאֹיְבֶoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- will distressיָצִיקyatsik
distress, press hard
Press hard, distress, put in straits.
Where else “yatsik” appears
Translation note
It happened in the sieges of Samaria and of Jerusalem (2 Kings 6:28-29; Lamentations 4:10).
The context
52And it will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trust, in all your land; and it will besiege you in all your gates in all your land, which YHWH your Elohim has given you.
53 · This verse (above)
54The man who is the tenderest among you and very refined will look with an evil eye on his brother and on the wife of his bosom and on the rest of his children whom he has left,