And you,וְאַתָּהtakeקַחfor yourselfלְךָan ironבַּרְזֶלgriddleמַחֲבַתand set it asוְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּan ironבַּרְזֶלwallקִירbetween youבֵּינְךָand the city,וּבֵין הָעִירand directוַהֲכִינֹתָהyour faceפָּנֶיךָtoward it,אֵלֶיהָand it will beוְהָיְתָהunder siege,בַמָּצוֹרand you will besiegeוְצַרְתָּit;עָלֶיהָit isהִיאa signאוֹתfor the houseלְבֵיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 4:3
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:3, word by word
- takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- an ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- griddleמַחֲבַתmachavat
griddle
A flat pan or griddle for baking cakes.
Where else “machavat” appears- and set it asנָתַתָּהnatata
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natata” appears- wallקִירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- and the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and directהֲכִינֹתָהhachinota
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinota” appears- your faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears- and it will beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- under siegeמָּצוֹרmatsor
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appears- and you will besiegeצַרְתָּtsarta
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarta” appears- a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- for the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
2And 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And you, lie on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; for the number of the days that you lie on it you will bear their iniquity.