Ezekiel 16:19

“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.”

Ezekiel 16:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 16:19, word by word

And my breadלַחְמִlachmi

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati

give

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

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fine flourסֹלֶתsolet

fine flour

Fine flour, the best kind.

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and oilשֶׁמֶןshemen

oil

The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.

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and honeyדְבַשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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with which I fed youהֶאֱכַלְתִּיheechalti

feed

To feed.

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before themפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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for a pleasing aromaרֵיחַreach

aroma, smell

Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.

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for a pleasing aromaנִיחֹחַnichoach

pleasing, soothing

Pleasing, soothing. "A pleasing aroma" is the way of saying that God receives a sacrifice with favor.

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and so it wasיֶּהִיyehi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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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".

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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,

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