Ezekiel 4:3
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
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ASV
And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
KJV
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֤ה | ve.'a.Tah | and you | H859 → |
| קַח־ | kach- | take | H3947 → |
| לְךָ֙ | le.Kha | <for> yourself | |
| מַחֲבַ֣ת | ma.cha.Vat | a baking tray of | H4227 → |
| בַּרְזֶ֔ל | bar.Zel | iron | H1270 → |
| וְנָתַתָּ֤ה | ve.na.ta.Tah | and you will make | H5414 → |
| אוֹתָהּ֙ | 'o.Tah | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| קִ֣יר | kir | a wall of | H7023 → |
| בַּרְזֶ֔ל | bar.Zel | iron | H1270 → |
| בֵּינְךָ֖ | bei.ne.Kha | between you | H996 → |
| וּבֵ֣ין | u.Vein | and between | H996 → |
| הָעִ֑יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| וַהֲכִינֹתָה֩ | va.ha.khi.no.Tah | and you will direct | H3559 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| פָּנֶ֨יךָ | pa.Nei.kha | face your | H6440 → |
| אֵלֶ֜יהָ | 'e.Lei.ha | to it | H413 → |
| וְהָיְתָ֤ה | ve.ha.ye.Tah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| בַמָּצוֹר֙ | va.ma.tzOr | in <the> state of siege | H4692 → |
| וְצַרְתָּ֣ | ve.tzar.Ta | and you will lay siege | H6696 → |
| עָלֶ֔יהָ | 'a.Lei.ha | on it | H5921 → |
| א֥וֹת | 'ot | [will be] a sign | H226 → |
| הִ֖יא | hi' | it | H1931 → |
| לְבֵ֥ית | le.Veit | for [the] house of | H1004 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
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