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And they sacrificedוַיִּזְבְּחוּtheir sonsבְּנֵיהֶםand their daughtersוְ בְּנוֹתֵיהֶםto the demons.לַשֵּׁדִים
Psalms 106:37
Study it in the app“And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.”
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Psalms 106:37, word by word
- And they sacrificedיִּזְבְּחוּyizbchu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbchu” appears- their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- and their daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- to the demonsשֵּׁדִיםshedim
demons
Demons: evil spirits to which some peoples offered sacrifices.
Where else “shedim” appears
Translation note
“Demons”: the Hebrew word (shedim) appears only here and in Deuteronomy 32:17; it designates the false gods to whom sacrifices were offered.
The context
36And they served their idols, and they became to them a snare.
37 · This verse (above)
38And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.