| 20. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 16:20:1 ⧉וַתִּקְחִ֞יvatikkhiand you took Ezekiel 16:20:2 ⧉אֶת־בָּנַ֤יִךְetbanayikh{direct object} your sons Ezekiel 16:20:3 ⧉וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙veetbenotayikhand {direct object} your daughters Ezekiel 16:20:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhom or which Ezekiel 16:20:5 ⧉יָלַ֣דְתְּyaladteyou bore Ezekiel 16:20:6 ⧉לִ֔יlito me Ezekiel 16:20:7 ⧉וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥יםvatizbakhimand you sacrificed them Ezekiel 16:20:8 ⧉לָהֶ֖םlahemto them Ezekiel 16:20:9 ⧉לֶאֱכ֑וֹלleekholto eat or to devour Ezekiel 16:20:10 ⧉הַמְעַ֖טhameatis it a little Ezekiel 16:20:11 ⧉מתזנתךmetsenatekhfrom your prostituting Ezekiel 16:20:12 ⧉מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃mittaznutayikhfrom your acts of prostitution |
| 20. Formal Translation And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me {Yahweh, Guardian of Covenant}, and you sacrificed them to be consumed. Is this of your whoredoms not a small matter? |
| 20. Dynamic Translation You took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne for Me {Yahweh, Covenant Lord}, and you sacrificed them for them to devour. Was your prostitution not enough? |