Ezekiel 24:4
Strong's Lexicon
Put in
אֱסֹ֤ף (’ĕ·sōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 622: 1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gather, collect 1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others) 1a3) to bring up the rear 1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to assemble, be gathered 1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2) 1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers 1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others) 1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4) 1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to gather (harvest) 1c2) to take in, receive into 1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst) 1d) (Pual) to be gathered 1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves

the pieces
נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ (nə·ṯā·ḥe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5409: 1) piece, a piece of flesh or meat

of meat,
אֵלֶ֔יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

good
ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

piece—
נֵ֥תַח (nê·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5409: 1) piece, a piece of flesh or meat

thigh
יָרֵ֣ךְ (yā·rêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3409: 1) thigh, side, loin, base 1a) thigh 1a1) outside of thigh (where sword was worn) 1a2) loins (as the seat of procreative power) 1b) side (flank) (of object) 1c) base

and shoulder—
וְכָתֵ֑ף (wə·ḵā·ṯêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3802: 1) shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade (of man) 1b) shoulder, shoulder-pieces (of animals) 1c) side, slope (of mountain) 1d) supports (of laver)

fill
מַלֵּֽא׃ (mal·lê)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: 1) to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against

it with choice
מִבְחַ֥ר (miḇ·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4005: 1) choicest, best

bones.
עֲצָמִ֖ים (‘ă·ṣā·mîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6106: 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece— thigh and shoulder— fill it with choice bones.

Young's Literal Translation
To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece — thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones.

New American Standard Bible
Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill [it] with choice bones.

King James Bible
Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces--the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;

New Living Translation
Fill it with choice pieces of meat--the rump and the shoulder and all the most tender cuts.

English Standard Version
put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

New American Standard Bible
Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones.

King James Bible
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Place the pieces of meat in it, every good piece-- thigh and shoulder. Fill it with choice bones.

International Standard Version
Gather together the best pieces of meat on it— including the thighs and the shoulders— and fill it with the choicest bones.

NET Bible
add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

American Standard Version
gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

English Revised Version
gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Young's Literal Translation
To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.
















Cross References
Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 24:3
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

Ezekiel 24:2
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

Ezekiel 24:1
Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 24:5
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Ezekiel 24:6
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
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