Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 28:57

⁵⁷the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
the afterbirth	וּֽבְשִׁלְיָתָ֞הּ	ū·ḇə·šil·yā·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H7988 after-birth
that comes	הַיּוֹצֵ֣ת׀	hay·yō·w·ṣêṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3318 go or come out
from between	מִבֵּ֣ין	mib·bên	Preposition-m	H996 interval, space between
her legs	רַגְלֶ֗יהָ	raḡ·le·hā	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person feminine singular	H7272 foot
and the children	וּבְבָנֶ֙יהָ֙	ū·ḇə·ḇā·ne·hā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1121 son
she bears	תֵּלֵ֔ד	tê·lêḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she will secretly	בַּסָּ֑תֶר	bas·sā·ṯer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5643 covering, hiding-place, secrecy
eat them	תֹאכְלֵ֥ם	ṯō·ḵə·lêm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H398 eat
for lack	בְּחֹֽסֶר־	bə·ḥō·ser-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2640 want, lack
of anything else	כֹּ֖ל	kōl	Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
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 your gates	בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃	biš·‘ā·re·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H8179 gate

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