Deuteronomy 28:54

“The 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,”

Deuteronomy 28:54 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:54, word by word

The manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
who is the tenderestרַךְrach

tender

Delicate, like a child.

Where else “rach” appears
and veryמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

Where else “meod” appears
refinedעָנֹגanog

delicate

Delicate: used to comfort and luxury.

Where else “anog” appears
will look with an evil eyeתֵּרַעtera

do evil

To harm someone; evildoers.

Where else “tera” appears
will look with an evil eyeעֵינen

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “en” appears
on his brotherאָחִיachi

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “achi” appears
and on the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “eshet” appears
of his bosomחֵיקchek

bosom

The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.

Where else “chek” appears
and on the restיֶתֶרyeter

rest

What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.

Where else “yeter” appears
of his childrenבָּנָיbanay

son

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

Where else “banay” appears
he has leftיוֹתִירyotir

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

Where else “yotir” appears

The context

53And 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.

54 · This verse (above)

55so as not to give to any one of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates.

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