The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:9 Explained

Ezekiel 4:9

KJV: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

YLT: And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side -- three hundred and ninety days -- thou dost eat it.

Darby: And thou, take unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

ASV: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Take  thou also unto thee wheat,  and barley,  and beans,  and lentiles,  and millet,  and fitches,  and put  them in one  vessel,  and make  thee bread  thereof, [according] to the number  of the days  that thou shalt lie  upon thy side,  three  hundred  and ninety  days  shalt thou eat  thereof. 

What does Ezekiel 4:9 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 4:9 mean?

And you take for yourself wheat and barley and beans and lentils and millet and spelt and put them into vessel one and make of them bread [During] the number of days that you lie on your side three hundred and ninety days you shall eat it
וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־ לְךָ֡ חִטִּ֡ין וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים וּפ֨וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים וְדֹ֣חַן וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בִּכְלִ֣י אֶחָ֔ד וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ אוֹתָ֛ם לְלָ֑חֶם מִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־ אַתָּ֣ה ׀ שׁוֹכֵ֣ב עַֽל־ צִדְּךָ֗ שְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֧וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים י֖וֹם תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ

וְאַתָּ֣ה  And  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
קַח־  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
לְךָ֡  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
חִטִּ֡ין  wheat 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: חִטָּה  
Sense: wheat.
וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים  and  barley 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שְׂעֹרָה  
Sense: barley.
וּפ֨וֹל  and  beans 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֹּול  
Sense: beans.
וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים  and  lentils 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֲדָשִׁים  
Sense: lentil.
וְדֹ֣חַן  and  millet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּחַן  
Sense: millet.
וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים  and  spelt 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: כֻּסֶּמֶת  
Sense: spelt—a wheat-like crop planted and harvested in the fall or spring.
וְנָתַתָּ֤ה  and  put 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בִּכְלִ֣י  into  vessel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
אֶחָ֔ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ  and  make 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אוֹתָ֛ם  of  them 
Parse: Direct object marker, third person masculine plural
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
לְלָ֑חֶם  bread 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
מִסְפַּ֨ר  [During]  the  number 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
הַיָּמִ֜ים  of  days 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
שׁוֹכֵ֣ב  lie 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
צִדְּךָ֗  your  side 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: צַד 
Sense: side.
שְׁלֹשׁ־  three 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֧וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים  and  ninety 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: תִּשְׁעִים  
Sense: ninety.
י֖וֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
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.

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