Ezekiel 4:9

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 4:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 4:9, word by word

takeקַחkach

take

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

Where else “kach” appears
wheatחִטִּיןchitin

wheat

Wheat.

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barleyשְׂעֹרִיםseorim

barley

Barley.

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beansפוֹלfol

beans

Bean, a legume eaten cooked or ground. It appears only twice in the Bible (2 Samuel 17:28; Ezekiel 4:9).

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lentilsעֲדָשִׁיםadashim

lentils

Lentils.

Where else “adashim” appears
milletדֹחַןdochan

millet

Millet, a grain with small seeds.

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and speltכֻסְּמִיםchusmim

spelt

Spelt: a grain like wheat.

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and put themנָתַתָּהnatata

make

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

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in oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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vesselכְלִיcheli

vessel

Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.

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and make themעָשִׂיתָasita

make

To build or create something.

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into breadלָחֶםlachem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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for the numberמִסְפַּרmispar

number

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

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of the daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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lieשׁוֹכֵבshochev

lie down

To lie down to sleep or rest.

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on your sideצִדְּtsid

side

Side.

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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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you will eat itתֹּאכֲלֶtochale

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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The context

8And 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.

9 · This verse (above)

10And your food that you eat will be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you will eat it.

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