83) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL
Ezekiel 5:2
When the days
יְמֵ֣י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day
of the siege
הַמָּצ֑וֹר (ham·mā·ṣō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness
have ended,
כִּמְלֹ֖את (kim·lōṯ)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of
you are to burn up
תַּבְעִיר֙ (taḇ·‘îr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish
a third [of the hair]
שְׁלִשִׁ֗ית (šə·li·šîṯ)
Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)
inside
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre
the city;
הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement
you are also to take
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take
a third
הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֗ית (haš·šə·li·šîṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)
and slash
תַּכֶּ֤ה (tak·keh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike
it with the sword
בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ (ḇa·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword
all around the city;
סְבִ֣יבוֹתֶ֔יהָ (sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around
and you are to scatter
תִּזְרֶ֣ה (tiz·reh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2219: To toss about, to diffuse, winnow
a third
וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ (wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)
to the wind.
לָר֔וּחַ (lā·rū·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit
For I will unleash
אָרִ֥יק (’ā·rîq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7324: Arm, cast out, draw out, make empty, pour forth out
a sword
וְחֶ֖רֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword
behind them.
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ (’a·ḥă·rê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 310: The hind or following part
- He must divide the hair cut in three parts:
- One third must be burnt inside the city!
- One third must be slashed with the sword all around the city!
- One third must be scattered to the wind!