And waterוּמַיִםby measureבִּמְשׂוּרָהyou will drink,תִשְׁתֶּהthe sixthשִׁשִּׁיתof a hin;הַהִיןfrom timeמֵעֵתto timeעַד עֵתyou will drink it.תִּשְׁתֶּה
Ezekiel 4:11
Study it in the app“And water by measure you will drink, the sixth of a hin; from time to time you will drink it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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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".
Where else “et” appears
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.”