Ezekiel 4:17

“so that they will lack bread and water, and be appalled, one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.””

Ezekiel 4:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:17, word by word

they will lackיַחְסְרוּyachsru

lack, be lacking

Lack, be short of; decrease.

Where else “yachsru” appears
breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

Where else “lechem” appears
and waterמָיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
and be appalledנָשַׁמּוּnashamu

be appalled

To be struck with dread at the ruin.

Where else “nashamu” appears
oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
with anotherאָחִיachi

one another

Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".

Where else “achi” appears
and waste awayנָמַקּוּnamaku

waste away, rot

Waste away, melt away little by little, rot.

Where else “namaku” appears
in their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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The context

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,

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