Ezekiel 4

YHWH commands Ezekiel to inscribe Jerusalem on a brick, lay siege to it with an iron plate, and lie on his left side for 390 days bearing Israel's iniquity and on his right side for 40 days for Judah's sin.[1][3] He must eat rationed bread baked over human dung, later changed to cow's dung, symbolizing the famine during Jerusalem's siege.[1][2][3]

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and you shall lay and you shall give against it upon her siege siege and build and you built against it upon her ramp breach-ramp and cast up and you poured out against it upon her siege ramp piled-up siege ramp and set and you shall give against it upon her camps encampments and place and set against it upon her battering rams full-grown rams all around surrounding area
Verse 2 וְ/נָתַתָּ֨ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤄 venatatah and you shall lay and you shall give HC/Vqq2ms עָלֶ֜י/הָ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha against it upon her HR/Sp3fs מָצ֗וֹר 𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤓 matsor siege siege HNcmsa וּ/בָנִ֤יתָ 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤕 uvanita and build and you built HC/Vqq2ms עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha-2 against it upon her HR/Sp3fs דָּיֵ֔ק 𐤃𐤉𐤒 dayeq ramp breach-ramp HNcmsa וְ/שָׁפַכְתָּ֥ 𐤅/𐤔𐤐𐤊𐤕 veshafakheta and cast up and you poured out HC/Vqq2ms עָלֶ֖י/הָ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha-3 against it upon her HR/Sp3fs סֹֽלְלָ֑ה 𐤎𐤋𐤋𐤄 solelah siege ramp piled-up siege ramp HNcfsa וְ/נָתַתָּ֨ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤄 venatatah-2 and set and you shall give HC/Vqq2ms עָלֶ֧י/הָ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha-4 against it upon her HR/Sp3fs מַחֲנ֛וֹת 𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤅𐤕 machanot camps encampments HNcbpa וְ/שִׂים 𐤅/𐤔𐤉𐤌 vesim and place and set HC/Vqv2ms עָלֶ֥י/הָ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha-5 against it upon her HR/Sp3fs כָּרִ֖ים 𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤌 karim battering rams full-grown rams HNcmpa סָבִֽיב 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 saviv all around surrounding area HNcbsa
And you and you (masculine singular) take Take! for yourself — griddle shallow ritual griddle of iron iron and set and you shall give it her wall wall of of iron iron between you between you and between and between the city the watchful settlement and set and you established — object-marker your face your face toward it to her and it shall be and she became under siege in the siege and you shall besiege and you besieged against it upon her a sign distinguishing mark it she to the house to a house of of Israel El-Contends Yiserael
Verse 3 וְ/אַתָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤄 veatah And you and you (masculine singular) HC/Pp2ms קַח 𐤒𐤇 qach take Take! HVqv2ms לְ/ךָ֙ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha for yourself HR/Sp2ms מַחֲבַ֣ת 𐤌𐤇𐤁𐤕 machavat griddle shallow ritual griddle HNcfsc בַּרְזֶ֔ל 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 barezel of iron iron HNcmsa וְ/נָתַתָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤄 venatatah and set and you shall give HC/Vqq2ms אוֹתָ/הּ֙ 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤄 otah it her HTo/Sp3fs קִ֣יר 𐤒𐤉𐤓 qir wall wall of HNcmsc בַּרְזֶ֔ל 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 barezel-2 of iron iron HNcmsa בֵּינְ/ךָ֖ 𐤁𐤉𐤍/𐤊 beynekha between you between you HR/Sp2ms וּ/בֵ֣ין 𐤅/𐤁𐤉𐤍 uveyn and between and between HC/R הָ/עִ֑יר 𐤄/𐤏𐤉𐤓 hair the city the watchful settlement HTd/Ncfsa וַ/הֲכִינֹתָה֩ 𐤅/𐤄𐤊𐤉𐤍𐤕𐤄 vahakhinotah and set and you established HC/Vhq2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et object-marker HTo פָּנֶ֨י/ךָ 𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤊 paneykha your face your face HNcbpc/Sp2ms אֵלֶ֜י/הָ 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤄 eleyha toward it to her HR/Sp3fs וְ/הָיְתָ֤ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 vehayetah and it shall be and she became HC/Vqq3fs בַ/מָּצוֹר֙ 𐤁/𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤓 vamatsor under siege in the siege HRd/Ncmsa וְ/צַרְתָּ֣ 𐤅/𐤑𐤓𐤕 vetsareta and you shall besiege and you besieged HC/Vqq2ms עָלֶ֔י/הָ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha against it upon her HR/Sp3fs א֥וֹת 𐤀𐤅𐤕 ot a sign distinguishing mark HNcbsa הִ֖יא 𐤄𐤉𐤀 hi it she HPp3fs לְ/בֵ֥ית 𐤋/𐤁𐤉𐤕 leveyt to the house to a house of HR/Ncmsc יִשְׂרָאֵֽל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp
And you and you (masculine singular) lie down Lie down! on upon your side your side the left the left-side one and place and you shall set [direct object marker] object-marker iniquity distortion-guilt house house-of of Israel El-Contends Yiserael upon it upon him number counted total of the days the days that that-which you lie she will lie down on it upon him you shall bear you will lift [direct object marker] object-marker their iniquity their iniquity
Verse 4 וְ/אַתָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤄 veatah And you and you (masculine singular) HC/Pp2ms שְׁכַב֙ 𐤔𐤊𐤁 shekhav lie down Lie down! HVqv2ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon HR צִדְּ/ךָ֣ 𐤑𐤃/𐤊 tsidekha your side your side HNcmsc/Sp2ms הַ/שְּׂמָאלִ֔י 𐤄/𐤔𐤌𐤀𐤋𐤉 hasemali the left the left-side one HTd/Aamsa וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֛ 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤕 vesameta and place and you shall set HC/Vqq2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo עֲוֺ֥ן 𐤏𐤅𐤍 aon iniquity distortion-guilt HNcbsc בֵּֽית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of HNcmsc יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp עָלָ֑י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv upon it upon him HR/Sp3ms מִסְפַּ֤ר 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 misepar number counted total HNcmsc הַ/יָּמִים֙ 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 hayamim of the days the days HTd/Ncmpa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which HTr תִּשְׁכַּ֣ב 𐤕𐤔𐤊𐤁 tishekav you lie she will lie down HVqi2ms עָלָ֔י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv-2 on it upon him HR/Sp3ms תִּשָּׂ֖א 𐤕𐤔𐤀 tisa you shall bear you will lift HVqi2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] object-marker HTo עֲוֺנָֽ/ם 𐤏𐤅𐤍/𐤌 aonam their iniquity their iniquity HNcbsc/Sp3mp
and you have completed and you brought to completion these object-marker these these ones and you shall lie down and you lay down on upon your side your side the right right-side man right the right-sided one a second time second and you shall bear and you will bear the object-marker iniquity distortion-guilt of house house-of of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah forty forty days day day day for a year for a yearly cycle day day for a year for a yearly cycle I have appointed it I have given him to you —
Verse 6 וְ/כִלִּיתָ֣ 𐤅/𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤕 vekhilita and you have completed and you brought to completion HC/Vpq2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et these object-marker HTo אֵ֗לֶּה 𐤀𐤋𐤄 eleh these these ones HPdxcp וְ/שָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜ 𐤅/𐤔𐤊𐤁𐤕 veshakhaveta and you shall lie down and you lay down HC/Vqq2ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon HR צִדְּ/ךָ֤ 𐤑𐤃/𐤊 tsidekha your side your side HNcmsc/Sp2ms ה/ימיני 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤉 hymyny the right right-side man HTd/Aamsa הַ/יְמָנִי֙ 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤍𐤉 hayemani right the right-sided one HTd/Aamsa שֵׁנִ֔ית 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤕 shenit a second time second HAofsa וְ/נָשָׂ֖אתָ 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤕 venasata and you shall bear and you will bear HC/Vqq2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 the object-marker HTo עֲוֺ֣ן 𐤏𐤅𐤍 aon iniquity distortion-guilt HNcbsc בֵּית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt of house house-of HNcmsc יְהוּדָ֑ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp אַרְבָּעִ֣ים 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 arebaim forty forty HAcbpa י֔וֹם 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom days day HNcmsa י֧וֹם 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom-2 day day HNcmsa לַ/שָּׁנָ֛ה 𐤋/𐤔𐤍𐤄 lashanah for a year for a yearly cycle HRd/Ncfsa י֥וֹם 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom-3 day day HNcmsa לַ/שָּׁנָ֖ה 𐤋/𐤔𐤍𐤄 lashanah-2 for a year for a yearly cycle HRd/Ncfsa נְתַתִּ֥י/ו 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉/𐤅 netativ I have appointed it I have given him HVqp1cs/Sp3ms לָֽ/ךְ 𐤋/𐤊 lakhe to you HR/Sp2fs
But you and you (masculine singular) take Take! for yourself — wheat wheat grains and barley and barleys and beans and broad bean and lentils and lentils and millet millet and spelt and emmer grains and put and you shall give them them in a vessel in a prepared implement one one and make and you shall do them them for yourself — into bread bread the number counted total of the days the days that that-which you you lie one who lies down on upon your side your side three three hundred hundreds and ninety and ninety days day you shall eat it you will consume him
Verse 9 וְ/אַתָּ֣ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤄 veatah But you and you (masculine singular) HC/Pp2ms קַח 𐤒𐤇 qach take Take! HVqv2ms לְ/ךָ֡ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha for yourself HR/Sp2ms חִטִּ֡ין 𐤇𐤈𐤉𐤍 chitin wheat wheat grains HNcfpa וּ֠/שְׂעֹרִים 𐤅/𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 useorim and barley and barleys HC/Ncfpa וּ/פ֨וֹל 𐤅/𐤐𐤅𐤋 ufol and beans and broad bean HC/Ncmsa וַ/עֲדָשִׁ֜ים 𐤅/𐤏𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 vaadashim and lentils and lentils HC/Ncfpa וְ/דֹ֣חַן 𐤅/𐤃𐤇𐤍 vedochan and millet millet HC/Ncmsa וְ/כֻסְּמִ֗ים 𐤅/𐤊𐤎𐤌𐤉𐤌 vekhusemim and spelt and emmer grains HC/Ncfpa וְ/נָתַתָּ֤ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤄 venatatah and put and you shall give HC/Vqq2ms אוֹתָ/ם֙ 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤌 otam them them HTo/Sp3mp בִּ/כְלִ֣י 𐤁/𐤊𐤋𐤉 bikheli in a vessel in a prepared implement HR/Ncmsa אֶחָ֔ד 𐤀𐤇𐤃 echad Eka (Bemba) one one HAcmsa וְ/עָשִׂ֧יתָ 𐤅/𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕 veasita and make and you shall do HC/Vqq2ms אוֹתָ֛/ם 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤌 otam-2 them them HTo/Sp3mp לְ/ךָ֖ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha-2 for yourself HR/Sp2ms לְ/לָ֑חֶם 𐤋/𐤋𐤇𐤌 lelachem into bread bread HR/Ncbsa מִסְפַּ֨ר 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 misepar the number counted total HNcmsc הַ/יָּמִ֜ים 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 hayamim of the days the days HTd/Ncmpa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which HTr אַתָּ֣ה 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah you you HPp2ms שׁוֹכֵ֣ב 𐤔𐤅𐤊𐤁 shokhev lie one who lies down HVqrmsa עַֽל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon HR צִדְּ/ךָ֗ 𐤑𐤃/𐤊 tsidekha your side your side HNcmsc/Sp2ms שְׁלֹשׁ 𐤔𐤋𐤔 shelosh three three HAcfsa מֵא֧וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred hundreds HAcbpa וְ/תִשְׁעִ֛ים 𐤅/𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 vetisheim and ninety and ninety HC/Acbpa י֖וֹם 𐤉𐤅𐤌 yom days day HNcmsa תֹּאכֲלֶֽ/נּוּ 𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋/𐤍𐤅 tokhalenu you shall eat it you will consume him HVqi2ms/Sp3ms
Then I said and I said Ah Ah! Alas! Lord my Sovereign Lord GOD the Being-One Yahweh Behold Look! my soul my living being not not been defiled rendered ritually unclean carcass decayed carcass torn prey predator-torn carcass not not I have eaten I have consumed from my youth from my youthfulness and until and up to now you and not and not has come he came into my mouth in the mouth of flesh flesh of detestable ritually-fouled sacrifice
Verse 14 וָ/אֹמַ֗ר 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓 vaomar Then I said and I said HC/Vqw1cs אֲהָהּ֙ 𐤀𐤄𐤄 ahah Ah Ah! Alas! HTj אֲדֹנָ֣/י 𐤀𐤃𐤍/𐤉 adonay Lord my Sovereign Lord HNcmpc/Sp1cs יְהוִ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvih GOD the Being-One Yahweh HNp הִנֵּ֥ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh Behold Look! HTm נַפְשִׁ֖/י 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi my soul my living being HNcbsc/Sp1cs לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn מְטֻמָּאָ֑ה 𐤌𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 metumaah been defiled rendered ritually unclean HVPsfsa וּ/נְבֵלָ֨ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤁𐤋𐤄 unevelah carcass decayed carcass HC/Ncfsa וּ/טְרֵפָ֤ה 𐤅/𐤈𐤓𐤐𐤄 uterefah torn prey predator-torn carcass HC/Ncfsa לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not HTn אָכַ֨לְתִּי֙ 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉 akhaleti I have eaten I have consumed HVqp1cs מִ/נְּעוּרַ֣/י 𐤌/𐤍𐤏𐤅𐤓/𐤉 mineuray from my youth from my youthfulness HR/Ncbpc/Sp1cs וְ/עַד 𐤅/𐤏𐤃 vead and until and up to HC/R עַ֔תָּה 𐤏𐤕𐤄 atah now you HD וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not HC/Tn בָ֥א 𐤁𐤀 va has come he came HVqp3ms בְּ/פִ֖/י 𐤁/𐤐/𐤉 befi into my mouth in the mouth of HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs בְּשַׂ֥ר 𐤁𐤔𐤓 besar flesh flesh of HNcmsc פִּגּֽוּל 𐤐𐤂𐤅𐤋 pigul detestable ritually-fouled sacrifice HNcmsa
Then he said and he said to me toward me See See! I have given I gave to you — direct object marker object-marker cow's dried droppings of dung dried droppings of of cattle the cattle instead of under; in place of dung dung-pellets of man the earthling and you shall make and you shall do direct object marker object-marker your bread your bread on them upon them
Verse 15 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer Then he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms אֵלַ֔/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to me toward me HR/Sp1cs רְאֵ֗ה 𐤓𐤀𐤄 reeh See See! HVqv2ms נָתַ֤תִּֽי 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 natati I have given I gave HVqp1cs לְ/ךָ֙ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha to you HR/Sp2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker HTo צפועי 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤏𐤉 tsfvy cow's dried droppings of HNcmpc צְפִיעֵ֣י 𐤑𐤐𐤉𐤏𐤉 tsefiey dung dried droppings of HNcmpc הַ/בָּקָ֔ר 𐤄/𐤁𐤒𐤓 habaqar of cattle the cattle HTd/Ncbsa תַּ֖חַת 𐤕𐤇𐤕 tachat instead of under; in place of HR גֶּלְלֵ֣י 𐤂𐤋𐤋𐤉 geleley dung dung-pellets HNcmpc הָֽ/אָדָ֑ם 𐤄/𐤀𐤃𐤌 haadam of man the earthling HTd/Ncmsa וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ 𐤅/𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕 veasita and you shall make and you shall do HC/Vqq2ms אֶֽת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 direct object marker object-marker HTo לַחְמְ/ךָ֖ 𐤋𐤇𐤌/𐤊 lachemekha your bread your bread HNcbsc/Sp2ms עֲלֵי/הֶֽם 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aleyhem on them upon them HR/Sp3mp
Moreover he said and he said to me toward me Son son of man human being behold I look—here I am am breaking breaker the staff staff-branch of bread bread in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam and they shall eat and they consumed bread bread by weight by weight and with anxiety and in anxiety and water and waters by measure in a measured vessel and in horror and in devastating desolation they shall drink they drink
Verse 16 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer Moreover he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms אֵלַ֗/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to me toward me HR/Sp1cs בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) Son son HNcmsc אָדָם֙ 𐤀𐤃𐤌 adam of man human being HNcmsa הִנְ/נִ֨י 𐤄𐤍/𐤍𐤉 hineni behold I look—here I am HTm/Sp1cs שֹׁבֵ֤ר 𐤔𐤁𐤓 shover am breaking breaker HVqrmsa מַטֵּה 𐤌𐤈𐤄 mateh the staff staff-branch HNcmsc לֶ֨חֶם֙ 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem of bread bread HNcbsa בִּ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם 𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 birushalaim in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam HR/Np וְ/אָכְלוּ 𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤅 veakhelu and they shall eat and they consumed HC/Vqq3cp לֶ֥חֶם 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem-2 bread bread HNcbsa בְּ/מִשְׁקָ֖ל 𐤁/𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 bemisheqal by weight by weight HR/Ncmsa וּ/בִ/דְאָגָ֑ה 𐤅/𐤁/𐤃𐤀𐤂𐤄 uvideagah and with anxiety and in anxiety HC/R/Ncfsa וּ/מַ֕יִם 𐤅/𐤌𐤉𐤌 umayim Amanzi (Zulu) and water and waters HC/Ncmpa בִּ/מְשׂוּרָ֥ה 𐤁/𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤓𐤄 bimesurah by measure in a measured vessel HR/Ncfsa וּ/בְ/שִׁמָּמ֖וֹן 𐤅/𐤁/𐤔𐤌𐤌𐤅𐤍 uveshimamon and in horror and in devastating desolation HC/R/Ncmsa יִשְׁתּֽוּ 𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤅 yishetu they shall drink they drink HVqi3mp
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