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And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. (KJV)
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וְנָתַתָּ֨הve.na.ta.Tahand you will make
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 1
עָלֶ֜יהָ'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 2
מָצ֗וֹרma.Tzora siege
Lemma: מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) · Strong's: H4692
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: siege
Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 20:19, Deuteronomy 20:20, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:55, Deuteronomy 28:57, 2 Kings 24:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4692; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 3
וּבָנִ֤יתָu.va.Ni.taand you will build
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 4
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 5
דָּיֵ֔קda.Yeka siege-wall
Lemma: דָּיֵק (da.yeq) · Strong's: H1785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: siegework
Used 6 times. Also: 2 Kings 25:1, Jeremiah 52:4, Ezekiel 17:17, Ezekiel 21:22, Ezekiel 26:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1785; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 6
וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥ve.sha.fakh.Taand you will pour out
Lemma: שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) · Strong's: H8210I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to pour: build siege mound
Used 8 times. Also: 2 Samuel 20:15, 2 Kings 19:32, Isaiah 37:33, Jeremiah 6:6, Ezekiel 17:17, Ezekiel 21:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8210I; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 7
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 8
סֹֽלְלָ֑הso.le.Laha mound
Lemma: סֹלְלָה (so.le.lah) · Strong's: H5550
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: mound
Used 11 times. Also: 2 Samuel 20:15, 2 Kings 19:32, Isaiah 37:33, Jeremiah 6:6, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 33:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5550; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 9
וְנָתַתָּ֨הve.na.ta.Tahand you will set up
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 10
עָלֶ֧יהָ'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 11
מַחֲנ֛וֹתma.cha.Notarmies
Lemma: מַחֲנֶה (ma.cha.neh) · Strong's: H4264
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: camp
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 32:2, Genesis 32:7, Genesis 32:8, Genesis 32:10, Genesis 32:21, Genesis 33:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4264; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 12
וְשִׂים\־ve.sim-and set
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 13
עָלֶ֥יהָ'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 14
כָּרִ֖יםka.Rimbattering-rams
Lemma: כַּר (kar) · Strong's: H3733C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ram
Used 12 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:14, 1 Samuel 15:9, 2 Kings 3:4, Isaiah 16:1, Isaiah 34:6, Jeremiah 51:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3733C; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 15
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall around
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: around
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 35:5, Genesis 41:48, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439G; TAHOT Ezekiel 4:2 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then lay | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| siege | → | מָצוֹר H4692 siege |
| against it | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| Construct | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| a siege wall | → | דָּיֵק H1785 siegework |
| build | → | שָׁפַךְ H8210I to pour: build siege mound |
| a ramp | → | סֹלְלָה H5550 mound |
| to it | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| set up | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| camps | → | מַחֲנֶה H4264 camp |
| against it | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and place | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| battering rams | → | כַּר H3733C ram |
| around it | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| on all sides | → | סָבִיב H5439G around |
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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