Deuteronomy 28:56

“The woman who is the tenderest among you and the most refined, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicacy and tenderness, will look with an evil eye on the husband of her bosom and on her son and on her daughter,”

Deuteronomy 28:56 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:56, word by word

The woman who is the tenderestרַכָּהraka

tender

Delicate, like a child.

Where else “raka” appears
and the most refinedעֲנֻגָּהanuga

delicate

Delicate: used to comfort and luxury.

Where else “anuga” appears
ventureנִסְּתָהnista

attempt

To try something to see if it works, or to dare to attempt it.

Where else “nista” appears
to setהַצֵּגhatseg

set, place

Set, place, leave in position.

Where else “hatseg” appears
the soleכַףchaf

sole

The underside of the foot, with which one treads.

Where else “chaf” appears
of her footרַגְלָragla

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragla” appears
the groundאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

Where else “arets” appears
delicacyהִתְעַנֵּגhitaneg

be delicate

To be delicate, raised in comfort and pampered.

Where else “hitaneg” appears
and tendernessרֹךְroch

delicacy, tenderness

Tenderness, delicacy.

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

do evil

To harm someone; evildoers.

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

eye

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

Where else “ena” appears
on the husbandאִישׁish

husband

Literally "her man": the one married to her.

Where else “ish” appears
of her bosomחֵיקָcheka

bosom

The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.

Where else “cheka” appears
and on her sonבְנָvena

son

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

Where else “vena” appears
and on her daughterבִתָּvita

daughter

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

Where else “vita” appears

The context

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.

56 · This verse (above)

57and on her afterbirth that comes out from between her legs and on her children whom she bears; for she will eat them for lack of everything in secret, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in your gates.

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