Ezekiel 12:4

“And you will bring out your baggage as baggage for exile by day before their eyes; and you will go out in the evening before their eyes as those who go out into exile.”

Ezekiel 12:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 12:4, word by word

And you will bring outהוֹצֵאתָhotseta

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

Where else “hotseta” appears
your baggageכֵלֶיchele

utensil

Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.

Where else “chele” appears
for exileגוֹלָהgola

exile, exiles

Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).

Where else “gola” appears
by dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

Where else “yomam” appears
before their eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
in the eveningעֶרֶבerev

evening

Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.

Where else “erev” appears
as those who go outמוֹצָאֵיmotsae

exit

Where one leaves a place, or where the sun appears.

Where else “motsae” appears

The context

3And you, son of man, make for yourself baggage for exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes; and you will go into exile from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see, though they are a rebellious house.

4 · This verse (above)

5Before their eyes dig for yourself through the wall, and bring it out through it.

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