Deuteronomy 28:57

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּֽבְשִׁלְיָתָ֞הּ הַיּוֹצֵ֣ת ׀ מִבֵּ֣ין רַגְלֶ֗יהָ וּבְבָנֶ֙יהָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּלֵ֔ד כִּֽי־תֹאכְלֵ֥ם בְּחֹֽסֶר־כֹּ֖ל בַּסָּ֑תֶר בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצִ֥יק לְךָ֛ אֹיִבְךָ֖ בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And-in-šilyātāh the-yôṣēt from-between raglêhā and-in-bānêhā which tēlēd for-tōʾklēm in-ḥōser-kōl in-the-sāter in-māṣôr and-in-māṣôq which yāṣîq to-you ʾōyibĕkā in-šĕʿārêkā.

Grammar Details

*šilyātāh*: noun feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her afterbirth
*yôṣēt*: Qal participle feminine singular - coming out/emerging
*raglêhā*: noun feminine dual with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her feet
*bānêhā*: noun masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her children
*tēlēd*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she will bear
*tōʾklēm*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - she will eat them
*ḥōser*: noun masculine singular construct - lack of
*kōl*: noun masculine singular - all/everything
*sāter*: noun masculine singular - secrecy/hiding
*māṣôr*: noun masculine singular - siege/distress
*māṣôq*: noun masculine singular - straits/distress
*yāṣîq*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will distress/harass
*ʾōyibĕkā*: Qal participle masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemy
*šĕʿārêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your gates/cities

Word Meanings

*šilyātāh*: her afterbirth/placenta
*yôṣēt*: coming out/emerging/exiting
*ḥōser*-*kōl*: lack of everything/complete want/utter destitution
*sāter*: secrecy/hiding/concealment
*māṣôr*: siege/distress/constraint
*māṣôq*: straits/distress/anguish
*yāṣîq*: distress/harass/oppress
*šĕʿārêkā*: your gates/your cities/your towns

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

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