Ezekiel
Ezekiel 5:2
2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the days | יְמֵ֣י | yə·mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H3117 day |
| of the siege | הַמָּצ֑וֹר | ham·mā·ṣō·wr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment |
| have ended | כִּמְלֹ֖את | kim·lōṯ | Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H4390 be full, fill |
| you are to burn up | תַּבְעִיר֙ | taḇ·‘îr | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1197 burn, consume |
| a third | שְׁלִשִׁ֗ית | šə·li·šîṯ | Number - ordinal feminine singular | H7992 third |
| inside | בְּת֣וֹךְ | bə·ṯō·wḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H8432 midst |
| the city | הָעִ֔יר | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| you are also to take | וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣ | wə·lā·qaḥ·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| a third | הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֗ית | haš·šə·li·šîṯ | Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular | H7992 third |
| and slash | תַּכֶּ֤ה | tak·keh | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| it with the sword | בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ | ḇa·ḥe·reḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| all around the city | סְבִ֣יבוֹתֶ֔יהָ | sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā | Adverb; third person feminine singular | H5439 circuit, round about |
| and you are to scatter | תִּזְרֶ֣ה | tiz·reh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
| a third | וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ | wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular | H7992 third |
| to the wind | לָר֔וּחַ | lā·rū·aḥ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| For I will unleash | אָרִ֥יק | ’ā·rîq | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7324 make empty, empty out |
| a sword | וְחֶ֖רֶב | wə·ḥe·reḇ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| behind them | אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ | ’a·ḥă·rê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H310 behind |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 5:12 · Leviticus 26:33 · Ezekiel 4:1–8 · Ezekiel 12:14 · Jeremiah 15:2 · Jeremiah 9:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.