Ezekiel 5:2
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
מַאֲכֶלֶת
maʼăkeleth
something to eat with,i.e. a knife
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָצוֹר mâtsôwr
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
Study H4692 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
Study H7992 →שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
Study H7992 →Cross References
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third p...
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the swor...
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a ...
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
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