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Deuteronomy 28:53 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:


Deuteronomy 28:53Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 28:5317 words
וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
פְרִיp̄ərîFruit
בִטְנְךָviṭənəḵāBelly
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
בָּנֶיךָbāneyḵāSon
וּבְנֹתֶיךָûvənōteyḵāAnd daughter
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
לְךָləḵāTo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּמָצוֹרbəmāṣwōrIn hemming in
וּבְמָצוֹקûvəmāṣwōqAnd in narrow place
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצִיקyāṣîqCompress
לְךָləḵāTo
אֹיְבֶךָʾōyəveḵāHating
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
פְרִיp̄ərîFruit
בִטְנְךָviṭənəḵāBelly
בְּשַׂרbəśarFlesh
בָּנֶיךָbāneyḵāSon
וּבְנֹתֶיךָûvənōteyḵāAnd daughter
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
לְךָləḵāTo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּמָצוֹרbəmāṣwōrIn hemming in
וּבְמָצוֹקûvəmāṣwōqAnd in narrow place
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצִיקyāṣîqCompress
לְךָləḵāTo
אֹיְבֶךָʾōyəveḵāHating

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