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Ezekiel 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:


Ezekiel 4:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 4:1617 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלַ֗/יʾēlay
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָם֙ʾādām
man (meannounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
הִנְ/נִ֨יhinəniy
beholdparticleH2005
if · lo · though
שֹׁבֵ֤רšōbēr
break (downverbH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
מַטֵּהmaṭēh
rodnounH4294
staff · tribe
לֶ֨חֶם֙leḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
בִּ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbiyrwšālaim
JerusalempronH3389
וְ/אָכְלוּwəʾākəlw
burn upconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
לֶ֥חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
בְּ/מִשְׁקָ֖לbəmišəqāl
weightpronH4948
וּ/בִ/דְאָגָ֑הwbidəʾāgāh
careconjH1674
fear · heaviness · sorrow
וּ/מַ֕יִםwmayim
waterconjH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
בִּ/מְשׂוּרָ֥הbiməśwrāh
measurepronH4884
וּ/בְ/שִׁמָּמ֖וֹןwbəšimāmwōn
astonishmentconjH8078
יִשְׁתּֽוּyišətw
banquetverbH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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