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Ezekiel 5:3

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

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וְלָקַחְתָּ֥velaqachtaand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, a completed action in a sequenceH3947to 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.מִשָּׁ֖םmishamfrom thereשָׁםpreposition, adverb — “from there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.מְעַ֣טmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “little”, the ordinary formH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.בְּמִסְפָּ֑רbemisparin numberמִסְפָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in number”, the ordinary formH4557a 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.וְצַרְתָּ֥vetsartaand adversaryצוּרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and adversary”, a completed action in a sequenceH6696to 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.אוֹתָ֖םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָbikhnafeykhain wingכָּנָףpreposition, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in wing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3671an 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).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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;

World English Bible

You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt take thence a few in number, and shalt wrap them in the fold of thy garment.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψῃ ἐκεῖθεν ὀλίγους ἐν ἀριθμῷ, καὶ συμπεριλήψῃ αὐτοὺς τῇ ἀναβολῇ σου.