And putוְנָתַתָּהa siegeמָצוֹרagainst it,עָלֶיהָand buildוּבָנִיתָa siege wallדָּיֵקagainst it,עָלֶיהָand heap upוְשָׁפַכְתָּa rampסֹלְלָהagainst it,עָלֶיהָand setוְנָתַתָּהcampsמַחֲנוֹתagainst it,עָלֶיהָand placeוְשִׂיםbattering ramsכָּרִיםagainst itעָלֶיהָall around.סָבִיב
Ezekiel 4:2
Study it in the app“And put a siege against it, and build a siege wall against it, and heap up a ramp against it, and set camps against it, and place battering rams against it all around.”
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Ezekiel 4:2, word by word
- And putנָתַתָּהnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- a siegeמָצוֹרmatsor
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appears- and buildבָנִיתָvanita
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vanita” appears- a siege wallדָּיֵקdayek
siege wall
Siege works: the earthwork, walls or towers an army raises around a city to shut it in and attack it (2 Kings 25:1; Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22).
Where else “dayek” appears- and heap upשָׁפַכְתָּshafachta
heap up
To pile earth against a wall in order to climb it and take the city.
Where else “shafachta” appears- a rampסֹלְלָהsolla
siege ramp
Siege ramp: a mound of earth that an army raised against the wall of a besieged city in order to climb up and attack it.
Where else “solla” appears- campsמַחֲנוֹתmachanot
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machanot” appears- and placeשִׂיםsim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appears- battering ramsכָּרִיםkarim
battering ram
A log for battering city gates.
Where else “karim” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
1And you, son of man, take for yourself a brick and set it before you, and engrave on it a city, Jerusalem.
2 · This verse (above)
3And you, take for yourself an iron griddle and set it as an iron wall between you and the city, and direct your face toward it, and it will be under siege, and you will besiege it; it is a sign for the house of Israel.