Ezekiel 4:5

“And I have given you the years of their iniquity as a number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and you will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 4:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:5, word by word

have givenנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natati” appears
the yearsשְׁנֵיshene

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shene” appears
of their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona

iniquity

A serious wrong.

Where else “avona” appears
as a numberמִסְפַּרmispar

number

The amount that results from counting: how many there are.

Where else “mispar” appears
of daysיָמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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three hundredשְׁלֹשׁshelosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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three hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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and ninetyתִשְׁעִיםtishim

ninety

Ninety.

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and you will bearנָשָׂאתָnasata

bear

To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.

Where else “nasata” appears
of the houseבֵּיתbet

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

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6And when you have completed these, you will lie on your right side a second time, and you will bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; a day for a year, a day for a year, I have given it to you.

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