Groanהֵאָנֵקin silence;דֹּםmourningאֵבֶלfor the deadמֵתִיםyou shall notלֹאmake;תַעֲשֶׂהyour headdressפְאֵרְךָbindחֲבוֹשׁon yourself,עָלֶיךָand your sandalsוּנְעָלֶיךָputתָּשִׂיםon your feet,בְּרַגְלֶיךָand you shall notוְלֹאcoverתַעְטֶהyour mustache,עַל שָׂפָםand breadוְלֶחֶםof menאֲנָשִׁיםyou shall notלֹאeat.”תֹאכֵל
Ezekiel 24:17
Study it in the app“Groan in silence; mourning for the dead you shall not make; your headdress bind on yourself, and your sandals put on your feet, and you shall not cover your mustache, and bread of men you shall not eat.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 24:17, word by word
- Groanהֵאָנֵקheanek
groan
To groan, to moan with pain (of the wounded).
Where else “heanek” appears- in silenceדֹּםdom
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “dom” appears- mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears- for the deadמֵתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears- makeתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taase” appears- your headdressפְאֵרְfeer
headdress
Ornament for the head; headdress.
Where else “feer” appears- bindחֲבוֹשׁchavosh
saddle
To fasten something firmly, or saddle an animal to ride it.
Where else “chavosh” appears- and your sandalsנְעָלֶיneale
sandal
Sandal.
Where else “neale” appears- putתָּשִׂיםtasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tasim” appears- on your feetרַגְלֶיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- coverתַעְטֶהtate
cover, wrap
Cover oneself, wrap oneself in a garment; cover.
Where else “tate” appears- your mustacheשָׂפָםsafam
mustache
Mustache; the beard covering the upper lip.
Where else “safam” appears- and breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- of menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- eatתֹאכֵלtochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochel” appears
Translation note
“Bread of men”: so says the Hebrew; it can be understood as the bread that others brought to the house in mourning.
The context
16“Son of man, look, I am taking from you the delight of your eyes with a plague; and you shall not lament, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening; and I did in the morning as I had been commanded.