Ezekiel 4:6

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 4:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:6, word by word

And when you have completedכִלִּיתָchilita

finish

To bring a work or a matter through to its end.

Where else “chilita” appears
you will lieשָׁכַבְתָּshachavta

lie down

To lie down to sleep or rest.

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on your rightיְמָנִיyemani

right (side)

Right, on the right-hand side.

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sideצִדְּtsid

side

Side.

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a second timeשֵׁנִיתshenit

again

Once more, after having been done before.

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and you will bearנָשָׂאתָnasata

bear

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

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the iniquityעֲוֺןavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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of the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

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

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of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim

forty

Forty.

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daysיוֹםyom

day

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

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for a yearשָּׁנָהshana

year

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

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I have given itנְתַתִּיnetati

give

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

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The context

5And 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.

6 · This verse (above)

7And toward the siege of Jerusalem you will direct your face, with your arm bared, and you will prophesy against it.

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