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And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. (KJV)
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וְעֻגַ֥תve.'u.Gatand a bread cake of
Lemma: עֻגָה (ug.gah) · Strong's: H5692
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: bun
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 18:6, Exodus 12:39, Numbers 11:8, 1 Kings 17:13, 1 Kings 19:6, Hosea 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5692; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 1
שְׂעֹרִ֖יםse.'o.Rimbarley<s>
Lemma: שְׂעֹרָה (se.o.rah) · Strong's: H8184
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: barley
Used 34 times. Also: Exodus 9:31, Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 5:15, Deuteronomy 8:8, Judges 7:13, Ruth 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8184; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 2
תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּהto.kha.Le.nahyou will eat it
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 3
וְהִ֗יאve.Hi'and it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 4
בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙be.ge.Leiin [the] dung<s> of
Lemma: גֵּל (ge.lel) · Strong's: H1561
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: dung
Used 3 times. Also: Job 20:7, Ezekiel 4:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1561; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 5
צֵאַ֣תtze.'At[the] excrement of
Lemma: צֵאָה (tsa.ah) · Strong's: H6627
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: excrement
Used 3 times. Also: Deuteronomy 23:13, Isaiah 30:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6627; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 6
הָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.Dam<the> humankind
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 7
תְּעֻגֶ֖נָהte.'u.Ge.nahyou will bake it
Lemma: עוּג (ug) · Strong's: H5746
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to bake
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5746; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 8
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \סle.'ei.nei.Hemto eyes their
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: seeing
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:12 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And you shall eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| [the food] | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| as you would a barley | → | שְׂעֹרָה H8184 barley |
| cake | → | עֻגָה H5692 bun |
| after you bake | → | עוּג H5746 to bake |
| it over dried human | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| excrement | → | גֵּל H1561 dung |
| . . . | → | צֵאָה H6627 excrement |
| in the sight [of the people] | → | עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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