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And your foodוּמַאֲכָלְךָthatאֲשֶׁרyou eatתֹּאכֲלֶנּוּwill be by weight,בְּמִשְׁקוֹלtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםshekelsשֶׁקֶלa day;לַיּוֹםfrom timeמֵעֵתto timeעַד עֵתyou will eat it.תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ
Ezekiel 4:10
Study it in the app“And your food that you eat will be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you will eat it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:10, word by word
- And your foodמַאֲכָלְmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- you eatתֹּאכֲלֶtochale
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochale” appears- will be by weightמִשְׁקוֹלmishkol
weight
Weight; eating "by weight" is eating rationed food.
Where else “mishkol” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- shekelsשֶׁקֶלshekel
shekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekel” appears- a dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- from timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears
Translation note
Twenty shekels are about 230 grams a day.
The context
9And you, take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make them into bread for yourself; for the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you will eat it.
10 · This verse (above)
11And water by measure you will drink, the sixth of a hin; from time to time you will drink it.