Ezekiel 24:17

“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.””

Ezekiel 24:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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