The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:11 Explained

Ezekiel 4:11

KJV: Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

YLT: And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink it.

Darby: And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

ASV: And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt drink  also water  by measure,  the sixth part  of an hin:  from time  to time  shalt thou drink. 

What does Ezekiel 4:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 4

1  Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
9  By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 4:11 mean?

And water by measure You shall drink a sixth of a hin from time to time you shall drink
וּמַ֛יִם בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה תִשְׁתֶּ֖ה שִׁשִּׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין מֵעֵ֥ת עַד־ עֵ֖ת תִּשְׁתֶּֽה

וּמַ֛יִם  And  water 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה  by  measure 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְשׂוּרָה  
Sense: measure.
תִשְׁתֶּ֖ה  You  shall  drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
שִׁשִּׁ֣ית  a  sixth 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular construct
Root: שִׁשִּׁי  
Sense: sixth.
הַהִ֑ין  of  a  hin 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הִין  
Sense: hin.
מֵעֵ֥ת  from  time 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
עֵ֖ת  time 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
תִּשְׁתֶּֽה  you  shall  drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.

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