Ezekiel 4:11

“And water by measure you will drink, the sixth of a hin; from time to time you will drink it.”

Ezekiel 4:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:11, word by word

And waterמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
by measureמְשׂוּרָהmesura

liquid measure

A measure for liquids.

Where else “mesura” appears
you will drinkתִשְׁתֶּהtishte

drink

Drink.

Where else “tishte” appears
the sixthשִׁשִּׁיתshishit

sixth

Sixth; a sixth part.

Where else “shishit” appears
of a hinהִיןhin

hin

Hin: a measure for liquids, about four liters.

Where else “hin” appears
from timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

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Translation note

A sixth of a hin is a little more than half a liter.

The context

10And your food that you eat will be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you will eat it.

11 · This verse (above)

12And as a barley cake you will eat it; and it you will bake on dung of human excrement before their eyes.”

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