Ezekiel 4:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה כָּ֣כָה יֹאכְל֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־לַחְמָ֖ם טָמֵ֑א בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַדִּיחֵ֖ם שָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

And-yōʾmer YHWH thus yōʾḵᵊlû bᵊnê-yiśrāʾēl ʾeṯ-bread-their ṭāmēʾ among-the-gôyim that ʾaddîḥēm there

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: verb, qal imperfect with vav-consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*kāḵāh*: adverb - thus/in this manner
*yōʾḵᵊlû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they will eat
*bᵊnê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*laḥmām*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bread
*ṭāmēʾ*: adjective, masculine, singular - unclean/defiled
*gôyim*: noun, masculine, plural - nations/gentiles
*ʾaddîḥēm*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person, singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will scatter them

Word Meanings

*ṭāmēʾ*: unclean/defiled/ritually impure
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*ʾaddîḥēm*: scatter them/banish them/drive them

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Hos 9:3-4 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

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