And you tookוַתִּקְחִיyour sonsאֶת בָּנַיִךְand your daughtersוְאֶת בְּנוֹתַיִךְwhomאֲשֶׁרyou had borneיָלַדְתְּto me,לִיand you sacrificed themוַתִּזְבָּחִיםto themלָהֶםto be devoured.לֶאֱכוֹלWere your prostitutionsמִתַּזְנוּתָיִךְso small a thing,הַמְעַט
Ezekiel 16:20
Study it in the app“And 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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Ezekiel 16:20, word by word
- And you tookתִּקְחִיtikchi
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikchi” appears- your sonsבָּנַיִbanayi
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banayi” appears- and your daughtersבְּנוֹתַיִbenotayi
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benotayi” appears- you had borneיָלַדְתְּyaladt
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaladt” appears- and you sacrificed themתִּזְבָּחִיtizbachi
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “tizbachi” appears- to be devouredאֱכוֹלechol
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “echol” appears- Were your prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתָיִtaznutayi
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.
Where else “taznutayi” appears- so small a thingמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears
The context
19And 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.
20 · This verse (above)
21that you slaughtered my sons and gave them up by making them pass over to them?