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Ezekiel 4:12

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

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וְעֻגַ֥תveugatand cakeעֻגָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and cake”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5692an ash-cake (as round)cake (upon the hearth).שְׂעֹרִ֖יםseorimbarleyשְׂעֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “barley”, the ordinary formH8184barley (as villose)barley.תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּהtokhalenaheatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.וְהִ֗יאvehiand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙begellein dungגֵּלֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in dung”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1561dung (plural balls of dung)dung.צֵאַ֣תtseatthat cometh fromצָאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “that cometh from”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6627issue, i.e. (human) excrementthat (which) cometh from (out).הָֽאָדָ֔םhaadamthe personאָדָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.תְּעֻגֶ֖נָהteugenahbakeעוּגverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bake”, an unfinished actionH5746to bake (round cakes on the hearth)bake.לְעֵינֵיהֶֽםleeyneyhemto eye , , -sightעַיִןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

Young’s Literal Translation

A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung — the filth of man — thou dost bake before their eyes.

World English Bible

You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.”

Darby Translation

And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt eat it as barley bread baked under the ashes: and thou shalt cover it, in their sight, with the dung that cometh out of a man.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt eat them as a barley cake: thou shalt bake them before their eyes in man's dung.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγκρυφίαν κρίθινον φάγεσαι αὐτὰ, ἐν βολβίτοις κόπρου ἀνθρωπίνης ἐγκρύψεις αὐτὰ κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν.