Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:20

²⁰You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You even took	וַתִּקְחִ֞י	wat·tiq·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3947 take
the sons	בָּנַ֤יִךְ	bā·na·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H1121 son
and daughters	בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙	bə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H1323 daughter
you bore	יָלַ֣דְתְּ	yā·laḏt	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to Me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
and sacrificed	וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים	wat·tiz·bā·ḥîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
them	לָהֶ֖ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
as food to idols	לֶאֱכ֑וֹל	le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat
Was your prostitution	מִתַּזְנֻתֵךְ׃	mit·taz·nu·ṯēḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8457 fornication
not enough	הַמְעַ֖ט	ham·‘aṭ	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H4592 a little, fewness, a few

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.