They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’Ezekiel 11:3
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים לֹ֥א בְקָר֖וֹב בְּנ֣וֹת בָּתִּ֑ים הִ֣יא הַסִּ֔יר וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ הַבָּשָֽׂר׃
- הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔יםha.'O.me.Rim“who say”Definite article + Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, plural, absolute · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
- לֹ֥אlo'“not”Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- בְקָר֖וֹבve.ka.Rov“[is] in [the] near [future]”Preposition + Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from קָרֹב · “near” · Strong's H7138
- בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Not“to build”Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from בָּנָה · “to build” · Strong's H1129
- בָּתִּ֑יםba.Tim“houses”Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004B
- הִ֣יאhi'“it”Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
- הַסִּ֔ירha.Sir“[is] the pot”Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from סִיר · “pot” · Strong's H5518A
- וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nu“and we”Conjunction + Pronoun, personal, 1st person, both genders, plural · from אֲנַ֫חְנוּ · “we” · Strong's H0587
- הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ha.ba.Sar“[are] the meat”Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from בָּשָׂר · “flesh” · Strong's H1320
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)