The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:6 Explained

Ezekiel 4:6

KJV: And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

YLT: And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days -- a day for a year -- a day for a year I have appointed to thee.

Darby: And when thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

ASV: And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when thou hast accomplished  them,  lie  again  on thy right  side,  and thou shalt bear  the iniquity  of the house  of Judah  forty  days:  I have appointed  thee each day  for a year. 

What does Ezekiel 4:6 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 4:6 mean?

And when you have completed - these and lie on your side - right a second [time] then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days days Year a day for each year I have laid on you
וְכִלִּיתָ֣ אֶת־ אֵ֗לֶּה וְשָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜ עַל־ צִדְּךָ֤ [הימיני‪‬] (הַיְמָנִי֙) שֵׁנִ֔ית וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ עֲוֺ֣ן בֵּית־ יְהוּדָ֑ה אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם י֧וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֛ה י֥וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֖ה נְתַתִּ֥יו לָֽךְ

וְכִלִּיתָ֣  And  when  you  have  completed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֵ֗לֶּה  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
וְשָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜  and  lie 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
צִדְּךָ֤  your  side 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: צַד 
Sense: side.
[הימיני‪‬]  - 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
(הַיְמָנִי֙)  right 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יְמִינִי  
Sense: right, on the right, right hand.
שֵׁנִ֔ית  a  second  [time] 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ  then  you  shall  bear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
עֲוֺ֣ן  the  iniquity 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
בֵּית־  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוּדָ֑ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים  forty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
י֔וֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
י֧וֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לַשָּׁנָ֛ה  Year 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
י֥וֹם  a  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לַשָּׁנָ֖ה  for  each  year 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
נְתַתִּ֥יו  I  have  laid 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָֽךְ  on  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular