Study it in the app“A third you will burn with fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed; and you will take a third and strike it with the sword all around it; and a third you will scatter to the wind, and a sword I will unsheathe after them.”
A thirdשְׁלִשִׁיתyou will burnתַּבְעִירwith fireבָּאוּרin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the city,הָעִירwhenכִּthe daysיְמֵיof the siegeהַמָּצוֹרare completed;מְלֹאתand you will takeוְלָקַחְתָּa thirdהַשְּׁלִשִׁיתand strike itתַּכֶּהwith the swordבַחֶרֶבall around it;סְבִיבוֹתֶיהָand a thirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁיתyou will scatterתִּזְרֶהto the wind,לָרוּחַand a swordוְחֶרֶבI will unsheatheאָרִיקafter them.אַחֲרֵיהֶם
third part
One of three equal parts of a whole.
Where else “shelishit” appearsburn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “tavir” appearsfire
What burns and gives heat and brightness.
Where else “ur” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearssiege
Surrounding a city with an army to take it; the siege.
Where else “matsor” appearsbe fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “melot” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “take” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appearsscatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “tizre” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearsdraw out
To draw the sword from its sheath, ready to strike.
Where else “arik” appears1And you, son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword; as a barbers' razor you will take it for yourself, and pass it over your head and over your beard; and take for yourself scales for weighing, and divide them.
2 · This verse (above)
3And you will take from there a few in number and bind them in the hems of your robe.
