The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:10 Explained

Ezekiel 4:10

KJV: And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

YLT: And thy food that thou dost eat is by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.

Darby: And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

ASV: And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thy meat  which thou shalt eat  [shall be] by weight,  twenty  shekels  a day:  from time  to time  shalt thou eat  it. 

What does Ezekiel 4:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 4

1  Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
9  By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 4:10 mean?

And your food [shall be] which you eat by weight twenty shekels a day from time to time you shall eat it
וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל לַיּ֑וֹם מֵעֵ֥ת עַד־ עֵ֖ת תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ

וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙  And  your  food  [shall  be] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מַאֲכָל  
Sense: food, fruit, meat.
תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ  you  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל  by  weight 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁקֹול  
Sense: heaviness, weight.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שֶׁ֖קֶל  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
לַיּ֑וֹם  a  day 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
מֵעֵ֥ת  from  time 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
עֵ֖ת  time 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ  you  shall  eat  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.