Ezekiel 4:3

“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.”

Ezekiel 4:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:3, word by word

takeקַחkach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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an ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel

iron

Iron; an iron tool.

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griddleמַחֲבַתmachavat

griddle

A flat pan or griddle for baking cakes.

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and set it asנָתַתָּהnatata

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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wallקִירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

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and the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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and directהֲכִינֹתָהhachinota

prepare

To get something set and done beforehand.

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your faceפָּנֶיpane

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

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and it will beהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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under siegeמָּצוֹרmatsor

siege

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

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and you will besiegeצַרְתָּtsarta

besiege

To encircle a city, or shut something in.

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a signאוֹתot

sign

A mark or signal that points to something.

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for the houseבֵיתvet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

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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.

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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.

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