Ezekiel 4:2

“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.”

Ezekiel 4:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:2, word by word

And putנָתַתָּהnatata

put

To place something somewhere.

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a siegeמָצוֹרmatsor

siege

Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.

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and buildבָנִיתָvanita

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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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).

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and heap upשָׁפַכְתָּshafachta

heap up

To pile earth against a wall in order to climb it and take the city.

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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.

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campsמַחֲנוֹתmachanot

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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and placeשִׂיםsim

put

To put something somewhere.

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battering ramsכָּרִיםkarim

battering ram

A log for battering city gates.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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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.

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