And my breadוְלַחְמִיthatאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיyou,לָךְfine flourסֹלֶתand oilוָשֶׁמֶןand honeyוּדְבַשׁwith which I fed you,הֶאֱכַלְתִּיךְyou set itוּנְתַתִּיהוּbefore themלִפְנֵיהֶםfor a pleasing aroma;לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַand so it was,וַיֶּהִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִה
Ezekiel 16:19
Study it in the app“And my bread that I gave you, fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you, you set it before them for a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares Adonai YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:19, word by word
- And my breadלַחְמִlachmi
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachmi” appears- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- fine flourסֹלֶתsolet
fine flour
Fine flour, the best kind.
Where else “solet” appears- and oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- and honeyדְבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- with which I fed youהֶאֱכַלְתִּיheechalti
feed
To feed.
Where else “heechalti” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- for a pleasing aromaרֵיחַreach
aroma, smell
Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.
Where else “reach” appears- for a pleasing aromaנִיחֹחַnichoach
pleasing, soothing
Pleasing, soothing. "A pleasing aroma" is the way of saying that God receives a sacrifice with favor.
Where else “nichoach” appears- and so it wasיֶּהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears
The context
18And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and my oil and my incense you set before them.
19 · This verse (above)
20And you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne to me, and you sacrificed them to them to be devoured. Were your prostitutions so small a thing,