Ezekiel 4:12

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

Ezekiel 4:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:12, word by word

And as a barleyשְׂעֹרִיםseorim

barley

Barley.

Where else “seorim” appears
cakeעֻגַתugat

flat cake

Round, thin loaf baked on hot stones.

Where else “ugat” appears
you will eat itתֹּאכֲלֶtochale

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “tochale” appears
you will bakeתְּעֻגֶteuge

bake

To bake round cakes on the fire or the coals.

Where else “teuge” appears
on dungגֶלְלֵיgelle

dung

Dung, excrement.

Where else “gelle” appears
of human excrementצֵאַתtseat

excrement

Excrement.

Where else “tseat” appears
of human excrementאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
before their eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears

The context

11And water by measure you will drink, the sixth of a hin; from time to time you will drink it.

12 · This verse (above)

13And YHWH said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them.”

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