16{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.4.16",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י בֶּן־אָדָם֙ הִנְנִ֨י שֹׁבֵ֤ר מַטֵּה־לֶ֙חֶם֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאָכְלוּ־לֶ֥חֶם בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל וּבִדְאָגָ֑ה וּמַ֕יִם בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה וּבְשִׁמָּמ֖וֹן יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃",
"text": "And-*yōʾmer* to-me *ben*-*ʾāḏām* behold-me *šōḇēr* *maṭṭēh*-*leḥem* in-*yᵊrûšālaim* and-they-will-eat-*leḥem* by-*mišqāl* and-with-*dᵊʾāḡāh* and-*mayim* by-*mᵊśûrāh* and-with-*šimmāmôn* *yištû*",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾmer*": "verb, qal imperfect with vav-consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he said",
"*ben*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - son of",
"*ʾāḏām*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/humanity",
"*hinᵊnî*": "particle + 1st person singular suffix - behold me",
"*šōḇēr*": "verb, qal participle, masculine, singular - breaking",
"*maṭṭēh*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - staff of",
"*leḥem*": "noun, masculine, singular - bread",
"*yᵊrûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*ʾāḵᵊlû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - they will eat",
"*mišqāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - weight",
"*dᵊʾāḡāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - anxiety/worry",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - water",
"*mᵊśûrāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - measure",
"*šimmāmôn*": "noun, masculine, singular - horror/dismay",
"*yištû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they will drink"
},
"variants": {
"*šōḇēr*": "breaking/destroying/removing",
"*maṭṭēh*-*leḥem*": "staff of bread/supply of food",
"*mišqāl*": "weight/measure by weight",
"*dᵊʾāḡāh*": "anxiety/worry/fear",
"*šimmāmôn*": "horror/dismay/astonishment"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.4.17",
"source": "לְמַ֥עַן יַחְסְר֖וּ לֶ֣חֶם וָמָ֑יִם וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְנָמַ֖קּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃",
"text": "So-that *yaḥsᵊrû* *leḥem* and-*māyim* and-*nāšammû* *ʾîš* and-brother-his and-*nāmaqqû* in-*ʿăwōnām*",
"grammar": {
"*lᵊmaʿan*": "conjunction - so that/in order that",
"*yaḥsᵊrû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they will lack",
"*leḥem*": "noun, masculine, singular - bread",
"*māyim*": "noun, masculine, plural - water",
"*nāšammû*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - they will be desolate",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/each one",
"*ʾāḥîw*": "noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brother",
"*nāmaqqû*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - they will rot away",
"*ʿăwōnām*": "noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their iniquity"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḥsᵊrû*": "lack/be deprived of/be in need of",
"*nāšammû*": "be desolate/be appalled/be horrified",
"*nāmaqqû*": "rot away/waste away/pine away",
"*ʿăwōnām*": "their iniquity/their guilt/their punishment"
}
}