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Ezekiel 24:10

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

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הַרְבֵּ֤הharbehincreaseרָבָהverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “increase”, a commandH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…הָעֵצִים֙haetsimthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.הַדְלֵ֣קhadleqburningדָּלַקverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “burning”, a commandH1814to flame (literally or figuratively)burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.הָאֵ֔שׁhaeshthe fireאֵשׁdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.הָתֵ֖םhatemaccomplishתָּמַםverb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “accomplish”, the verb used for emphasisH8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveaccomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, [idiom] be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.הַבָּשָׂ֑רhabasarthe bodyבָּשָׂרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.וְהַרְקַח֙veharqachand apothecaryרָקַחconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and apothecary”, a commandH7543to perfumeapothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔הhamerqachahthe pot of ointmentמֶרְקָחָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the pot of ointment”, the ordinary formH4841abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)pot of ointment, [idiom] well.וְהָעֲצָמ֖וֹתvehaatsamotand the bodyעֶצֶםconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the body”, the ordinary formH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.יֵחָֽרוּyecharvburnחָרַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “burn”, an unfinished actionH2787to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)be angry, burn, dry, kindle.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.

Young’s Literal Translation

Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

World English Bible

Heap on the wood. Make the fire hot. Boil the meat well. Make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.

Darby Translation

Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Douay-Rheims

Heap together the bones, which I will burn with Are: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πληθυνῶ τὰ ξύλα, καὶ ἀνακαύσω τὸ πῦρ, ὅπως τακῇ τὰ κρέα, καὶ ἐλαττωθῇ ὁ ζωμὸς,