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And you,וְאַתָּהsonבֶןof man,אָדָםtakeקַחfor yourselfלְךָa brickלְבֵנָהand set itוְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָand engraveוְחַקּוֹתָon itעָלֶיהָa city,עִירJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Ezekiel 4:1
Study it in the app“And you, son of man, take for yourself a brick and set it before you, and engrave on it a city, Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:1, word by word
- sonבֶןven
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- a brickלְבֵנָהlevena
brick
Brick of clay.
Where else “levena” appears- and set itנָתַתָּהnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and engraveחַקּוֹתָchakota
engrave
To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.
Where else “chakota” appears- a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And put a siege against it, and build a siege wall against it, and heap up a ramp against it, and set camps against it, and place battering rams against it all around.