Ezekiel 5:3
Strong's Lexicon
But you are to take
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: 1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)

a few
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: 1) littleness, few, a little, fewness 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

strands of hair
בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר (bə·mis·pār)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4557: 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation

and secure
וְצַרְתָּ֥ (wə·ṣar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6696: 1) to bind, besiege, confine, cramp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to confine, secure 1a2) to shut in, beseige 1a3) to shut up, enclose 2) (Qal) to show hostility to, be an adversary, treat as foe 3) (Qal) to form, fashion, delineate

them
אוֹתָ֖ם (’ō·w·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

in the folds of your garment.
בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃ (biḵ·nā·p̄e·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3671: 1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt 1a) wing 1b) extremity 1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast taken thence a few in number—and hast bound them in thy skirts;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.

New American Standard Bible
"Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your [robes].

King James Bible
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.

New Living Translation
Keep just a bit of the hair and tie it up in your robe.

English Standard Version
And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe.

New American Standard Bible
"Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.

International Standard Version
You are to preserve a few strands of hair and hide them in the folds of your garment.

NET Bible
But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;
















Cross References
Ezekiel 5:2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 5:4
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

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 5:1
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Ezekiel 4:17
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Ezekiel 5:5
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

Ezekiel 5:6
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
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