Ezekiel 4:17 Go deeper

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. (KJV)

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לְמַ֥עַןle.Ma.'anso that

Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: because

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 1

יַחְסְר֖וּyach.se.Ruthey may lack

Lemma: חָסֵר (cha.ser) · Strong's: H2637

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqj3mp)

Meaning: to lack

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 18:28, Exodus 16:18, Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 8:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2637; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 2

לֶ֣חֶםLe.chembread

Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: food: bread

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 3

וָמָ֑יִםva.Ma.yimand water

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: water

Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 4

וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ve.na.Sha.muand they will be appalled

Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074H

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)

Meaning: be desolate: appalled

Used 29 times. Also: Leviticus 26:32, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Ezra 9:3, Ezra 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8074H; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 5

אִ֣ישׁ'isheveryone

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man: anyone

Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 6

וְאָחִ֔יוve.'a.Chivand brother his

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: brother: compatriot

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 37:19, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 42:28, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 10:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251I; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 7

וְנָמַ֖קּוּve.na.Ma.kuand they will waste away

Lemma: מָקַק (ma.qaq) · Strong's: H4743

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNq3cp)

Meaning: to rot

Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 26:39, Psalms 38:5, Isaiah 34:4, Ezekiel 24:23, Ezekiel 33:10, Zechariah 14:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4743; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 8

בַּעֲוֹנָֽם\׃\ \פba.'a.vo.Namin iniquity their

Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: iniquity: punishment

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 19:15, 1 Samuel 28:10, 2 Kings 7:9, Job 19:29, Psalms 69:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5771I; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:17 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So	→	מַ֫עַן H4616 because
they will lack	→	חָסֵר H2637 to lack
food	→	לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread
and water	→	מַי H4325G water
they will be appalled	→	שָׁמֵם H8074H be desolate: appalled
[at the sight of] one	→	אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone
another	→	אָח H0251I brother: compatriot
wasting away	→	מָקַק H4743 to rot
in their iniquity	→	עָוֺן H5771I iniquity: punishment

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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