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Takeלָקוֹחַthe choicestמִבְחַרof the flock,הַצֹּאןand alsoוְגַםpileדּוּרthe bonesהָעֲצָמִיםunder it;תַּחְתֶּיהָletרַתַּחits boilingרְתָחֶיהָboil;רַתַּחalsoגַּםlet its bonesעֲצָמֶיהָbe cookedבָּשְׁלוּin its midst.בְּתוֹכָהּ
Ezekiel 24:5
Study it in the app“Take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; let its boiling boil; also let its bones be cooked in its midst.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 24:5, word by word
- Takeלָקוֹחַlakoach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakoach” appears- the choicestמִבְחַרmivchar
choicest, best
The best, the choicest.
Where else “mivchar” appears- of the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- pileדּוּרdur
heap
A heap of wood or bones.
Where else “dur” appears- the bonesעֲצָמִיםatsamim
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsamim” appears- letרַתַּחratach
boil
To boil.
Where else “ratach” appears- its boilingרְתָחֶיretache
boiling
Boiling, the boiling of a pot.
Where else “retache” appears- be cookedבָּשְׁלוּbashlu
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “bashlu” appears- in its midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears
Translation note
“Pile the bones under it”: it can be understood as the bones used as firewood under the pot.
The context
4Gather its pieces into it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder; with the choicest of the bones fill it.
5 · This verse (above)
6Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the city of bloodshed, a pot whose rust is in it, and its rust has not gone out of it! By its pieces, by its pieces take it out; no lot has fallen on it.