Ezekiel 5:3

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

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt also take^H3947 thereof a few^H4592 in number^H4557, and bind^H6696 them in thy skirts^H3671.

Original Hebrew

וְלָקַחְתָּ מִשָּׁם מְעַט בְּמִסְפָּר וְצַרְתָּ אֹותָם בִּכְנָפֶיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֥	ve./la.kach.Ta	H3947	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will take
מִ/שָּׁ֖ם	mi./Sham	H8033	HR/D	from/ there
מְעַ֣ט	me.'At	H4592	HNcmsa	a few
בְּ/מִסְפָּ֑ר	be./mis.Par	H4557	HR/Ncmsa	in/ number
וְ/צַרְתָּ֥	ve./tzar.Ta	H6696	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will confine
אוֹתָ֖/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
בִּ/כְנָפֶֽי/ךָ	bi/kh.na.Fei./kha	H3671	HR/Ncfdc/Sp2ms	in/ skirts/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3671 — כָּנָף (kânâph, kaw-nawf'): from כָּנַף; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle; [phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).
H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט; from מָעַט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
H6696 — צוּר (tsûwr, tsoor): a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile); adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a few — 2 Kings 25:12, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 40:6, Jeremiah 52:16, Matthew 7:14, Luke 13:23-24, 1 Peter 4:18

Related Topics

Torrey’s: PROPHETS
Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS, DRESS, EZEKIEL, PROPHECY, SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES

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