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that you slaughteredוַתִּשְׁחֲטִיmy sonsאֶת בָּנָיand gave them upוַתִּתְּנִיםby makingבְּהַעֲבִירthemאוֹתָםpass over to them?לָהֶם
Ezekiel 16:21
Study it in the app“that you slaughtered my sons and gave them up by making them pass over to them?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:21, word by word
- that you slaughteredתִּשְׁחֲטִיtishchati
kill
To kill people with violence, at times as a sacrifice or punishment.
Where else “tishchati” appears- my sonsבָּנָbana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appears- and gave them upתִּתְּנִיtitni
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “titni” appears- by makingהַעֲבִירhaavir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “haavir” appears
Translation note
“Making them pass”: the same expression, with “through the fire,” is used of sacrificing children in 2 Kings 16:3 and 23:10.
The context
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,
21 · This verse (above)
22And in all your abominations and your prostitutions you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.