Ezekiel
Ezekiel 11:3
3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot,a and we are the meat.’
Footnotes
- a 11:3 Or cauldron
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They are saying | הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים | hā·’ō·mə·rîm | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| Is not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| the time near | בְקָר֖וֹב | ḇə·qā·rō·wḇ | Preposition-b; Adjective - masculine singular | H7138 near |
| to build | בְּנ֣וֹת | bə·nō·wṯ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1129 build |
| houses | בָּתִּ֑ים | bāt·tîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1004 house |
| The city | הִ֣יא | hî | Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| the cooking pot | הַסִּ֔יר | has·sîr | Article; Noun - common singular | H5518 pot |
| and we | וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ | wa·’ă·naḥ·nū | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| are the meat | הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ | hab·bā·śār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.