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Ezekiel 16:20

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

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וַתִּקְחִ֞יvatiqchiand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בָּנַ֤יִךְbanayikhsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּנוֹתַ֨יִךְ֙benotayikhdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…יָלַ֣דְתְּyaladtebearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…לִ֔יlitoלִ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toוַתִּזְבָּחִ֥יםvatizbachimand sacrificeזָבַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and sacrifice”, the next action in the storyH2076to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.לָהֶ֖םlahemtoלָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלֶאֱכ֑וֹלleekholto eatאָכַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to eat”, the to-form of the verbH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.הַמְעַ֖טhamatthe littleמְעַטparticle, interrogative, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the little”, the ordinary formH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.מתזנתךmtzntkhfrom fornicationתַּזְנוּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “from fornication”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8457harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatryfornication, whoredom.מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְmitaznutayikhfrom fornicationתַּזְנוּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “from fornication”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8457harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatryfornication, whoredom.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy harlotries a small matter,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,

World English Bible

“‘“Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter,

Darby Translation

And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

Douay-Rheims

And thou hast taken thy sons, and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me: and best sacrificed the same to them to be devoured. Is thy fornication small?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy harlotries a small matter,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou tookest thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou borest, and didst sacrifice these to them to be destroyed. Thou didst go a-whoring as if that were little,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔλαβες τοὺς υἱούς σου καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας σου ἃς ἐγέννησας, καὶ ἔθυσας αὐτοῖς εἰς ἀνάλωσιν· ὡς μικρὰ ἐξεπόρνευσας,