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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“See,רְאֵהI have givenנָתַתִּיyouלְךָthe dungצְפִיעֵיof cattleהַבָּקָרinstead ofתַּחַתthe dungגֶּלְלֵיof humans,הָאָדָםand you will makeוְעָשִׂיתָyour breadלַחְמְךָon it.”עֲלֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 4:15
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “See, I have given you the dung of cattle instead of the dung of humans, and you will make your bread on it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:15, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- the dungצְפִיעֵיtsefie
dung
Dung (of cattle). Only in Ezekiel 4:15.
Where else “tsefie” appears- of cattleבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- the dungגֶּלְלֵיgelle
dung
Dung, excrement.
Where else “gelle” appears- of humansאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and you will makeעָשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- your breadלַחְמְlachm
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachm” appears
The context
14And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, my soul has not been defiled; a carcass or what was torn by beasts I have not eaten from my youth until now, and no repulsive meat has come into my mouth.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And he said to me, “Son of man, look, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and water by measure and appalled they will drink,