Ezekiel 16:20

“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,”

Ezekiel 16:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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your sonsבָּנַיִbanayi

son

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

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and your daughtersבְּנוֹתַיִbenotayi

daughter

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

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you had borneיָלַדְתְּyaladt

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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and you sacrificed themתִּזְבָּחִיtizbachi

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

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to be devouredאֱכוֹלechol

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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Were your prostitutionsתַּזְנוּתָיִtaznutayi

prostitution

Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God by going after other gods.

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so small a thingמְעַטmeat

few

A small amount: few in number, or a short time.

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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?

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