Ezekiel 5:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִשָּׁ֖ם מְעַ֣ט בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר וְצַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

wə-lāqaḥtā miššām məʿaṭ bəmispār wə-ṣartā ʾôtām biknāpeykā

Grammar Details

wə-*lāqaḥtā*: conjunction + perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall take
*miššām*: preposition + adverb - from there
*məʿaṭ*: masculine singular adjective - few
*bəmispār*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in number
wə-*ṣartā*: conjunction + perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall bind
*ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
*biknāpeykā*: preposition + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your edges/corners/hems

Word Meanings

*məʿaṭ bəmispār*: few in number/small amount
*ṣartā*: bind/wrap/tie up
*kānāp*: wing/edge/corner/hem of garment

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 39:10 : 10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Jer 40:6 : 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
Jer 52:16 : 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Matt 7:14 : 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Luke 13:23-24 : 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
1 Pet 4:18 : 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
2 Kgs 25:12 : 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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