Deuteronomy 28:53

“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.”

Deuteronomy 28:53 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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the fruitפְרִיferi

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

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of your wombבִטְנְvitn

womb

The belly where a mother carries her child.

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the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

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of your sonsבָּנֶיbane

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and of your daughtersבְנֹתֶיvenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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has givenנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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in the siegeמָצוֹרmatsor

siege

Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.

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and in the distressמָצוֹקmatsok

distress, straits

Distress: a narrow place, a situation one cannot get out of.

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your enemyאֹיְבֶoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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will distressיָצִיקyatsik

distress, press hard

Press hard, distress, put in straits.

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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,

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