The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:5 Explained

Ezekiel 4:5

KJV: For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

YLT: And I -- I have laid on thee the years of their iniquity, the number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou hast borne the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Darby: And I have appointed thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

ASV: For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For I have laid  upon thee the years  of their iniquity,  according to the number  of the days,  three  hundred  and ninety  days:  so shalt thou bear  the iniquity  of the house  of Israel. 

What does Ezekiel 4:5 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 4:5 mean?

For I have laid on you - the years of their iniquity according to the number of the days three hundred and ninety days so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel
וַאֲנִ֗י נָתַ֤תִּֽי לְךָ֙ אֶת־ שְׁנֵ֣י עֲוֺנָ֔ם לְמִסְפַּ֣ר יָמִ֔ים שְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֖ים י֑וֹם וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ עֲוֺ֥ן בֵּֽית־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

וַאֲנִ֗י  For  I 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
נָתַ֤תִּֽי  have  laid 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְךָ֙  on  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
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.
שְׁנֵ֣י  the  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
עֲוֺנָ֔ם  of  their  iniquity 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
לְמִסְפַּ֣ר  according  to  the  number 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
יָמִ֔ים  of  the  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
שְׁלֹשׁ־  three 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֥וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְתִשְׁעִ֖ים  and  ninety 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: תִּשְׁעִים  
Sense: ninety.
י֑וֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ  so  you  shall  bear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
עֲוֺ֥ן  the  iniquity 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
בֵּֽית־  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.

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