Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 28:55

⁵⁵refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.^d

Footnotes

d 28:55 Or within all your cities; similarly in verse 57

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
refusing to share	מִתֵּ֣ת׀	mit·têṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5414 give, put, set
with any	לְאַחַ֣ד	lə·’a·ḥaḏ	Preposition-l; Number - masculine singular	H259 one
of them	מֵהֶ֗ם	mê·hem	Preposition-m; Pronoun - third person masculine plural
the flesh	מִבְּשַׂ֤ר	mib·bə·śar	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh
of his children	בָּנָיו֙	bā·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
he will eat	יֹאכֵ֔ל	yō·ḵêl	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
because he has nothing	מִבְּלִ֥י	mib·bə·lî	Preposition-m; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
left	הִשְׁאִֽיר־	hiš·’îr-	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7604 remain, be left over
in the siege	בְּמָצוֹר֙	bə·mā·ṣō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment
and distress	וּבְמָצ֔וֹק	ū·ḇə·mā·ṣō·wq	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4689 straitness, straits, stress
that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
your enemy	אֹיִבְךָ֖	’ō·yiḇ·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
will inflict	יָצִ֥יק	yā·ṣîq	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6693 constrain, bring into straits, press upon
on you	לְךָ֛	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
within all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your gates	שְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃	šə·‘ā·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H8179 gate

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.