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And look,וְהִנֵּהI have putנָתַתִּיropesעֲבוֹתִיםon you,עָלֶיךָand you will notוְלֹאturnתֵהָפֵךְfrom one sideמִצִּדְּךָto the otherאֶל צִדֶּךָuntilעַדyou have completedכַּלּוֹתְךָthe daysיְמֵיof your siege.מְצוּרֶךָ
Ezekiel 4:8
Study it in the app“And look, I have put ropes on you, and you will not turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:8, word by word
- I have putנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- ropesעֲבוֹתִיםavotim
cord
A cord braided of several strands, or bonds with which one ties.
Where else “avotim” appears- turnתֵהָפֵךְtehafech
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “tehafech” appears- from one sideצִּדְּtsid
side
Side.
Where else “tsid” appears- you have completedכַּלּוֹתְkalot
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kalot” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of your siegeמְצוּרֶmetsure
siege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “metsure” appears
The context
7And toward the siege of Jerusalem you will direct your face, with your arm bared, and you will prophesy against it.
8 · This verse (above)
9And you, take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make them into bread for yourself; for the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you will eat it.