Ezekiel 4:11
"Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Thou shall drink also water by measure,.... Not wine, but water; and this not as much as he would, but a certain measure; which shows great want of it, and

expresses a very distressed condition see Lam 5:4 ; the sixth part of an hin; a hin held twelve logs, or seventy two egg shells, or about three quarts of our measure; and the sixth part of one were two logs, or twelve egg shells, and about a pint of our measure; so that it was but a pint of water a day that the prophet was allowed, as a token of the great scarcity of it in the siege of Jerusalem: from time to time shalt thou drink: as before.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (9 words)

H4325 מַיִם
Definition:

14only pluralמַ֫יִםwaters, water(Late Hebrewid.; MI23[ין]מ; SI5המים; Aramaicמַיָּא,מַיִּין,Assyrianmû, pluralmê, alsomâmuDlHWB 394; ArabicEthiopic, plural; Sabean [מו],מוםpluralמון, Minaean [מה], plur 14only pluralמַ֫יִםwaters, water(Late Hebrewid.; MI23[ין]מ; SI5המים; Aramaicמַיָּא,מַיִּין,Assyrianmû, pluralmê, alsomâmuDlHWB 394; ArabicEthiopic, plural; Sabean [מו],מוםpluralמון, Minaean [מה], plur

H4884 מְשׂוּרָה
Definition:

11,16 (""מִשְׁקָל); capacity in General,Leviticus 19:35( +מִדָּה,מִשְׁקָל),1 Chronicles 23:29(derivatives dubious)מָשׂוֺשׂseeשׂוֺשׂ.מִשְׂחָקseeשׂחק.מַשְׂטֵמָהseeשׂטם. [מְשֻׂכָֿה] seeשׂוך. p. 962, 966, 11,16 (""מִשְׁקָל); capacity in General,Leviticus 19:35( +מִדָּה,מִשְׁקָל),1 Chronicles 23:29(derivatives dubious)מָשׂוֺשׂseeשׂוֺשׂ.מִשְׂחָקseeשׂחק.מַשְׂטֵמָהseeשׂטם. [מְשֻׂכָֿה] seeשׂוך. p. 962, 966,

Possible Meanings:
  • measure (semantic_range)
H8354 שָׁתָה
Definition:

28+, 1 singularשָׁתִ֫יתִי1 Samuel 1:15+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁתֶּהGenesis 44:5+,וַיִּשְׁתֶּה1 Kings 19:8, usuallyוַיֵּשְׁתְּGenesis 9:21+; jussiveוְיֵשְׁתְּ1 Kings 13:18; 3feminine si 28+, 1 singularשָׁתִ֫יתִי1 Samuel 1:15+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁתֶּהGenesis 44:5+,וַיִּשְׁתֶּה1 Kings 19:8, usuallyוַיֵּשְׁתְּGenesis 9:21+; jussiveוְיֵשְׁתְּ1 Kings 13:18; 3feminine si

Possible Meanings:
  • drink (semantic_range)
H8345 שִׁשִּׁי
Definition:

315t., etc.;בַּשָּׁנָההַשִּׁשִּׁיתLeviticus 25:21;Ezekiel 8:1, etc.; constructשִׁשִּׁית הַהִיןEzekiel 4:116th part of the hin, compareEzekiel 45:13;Ezekiel 46:14; read׳שׁalsoEzekiel 45:13b (see [שִׁשָ 315t., etc.;בַּשָּׁנָההַשִּׁשִּׁיתLeviticus 25:21;Ezekiel 8:1, etc.; constructשִׁשִּׁית הַהִיןEzekiel 4:116th part of the hin, compareEzekiel 45:13;Ezekiel 46:14; read׳שׁalsoEzekiel 45:13b (see [שִׁשָ

Possible Meanings:
  • sixth (semantic_range)
H1969 הִין
Definition:

36hin, a liquid measure (ᵐ5εἴν(Ἴν;ᵐ5LἼν); butχοῦςLeviticus 19:36; Greekἴυιον, Egyptian measure, =sextarius, accusative to BöckhMetrol. Unters. 244compare BrandisMünz- Mass- & Gewichtswesen 29, 30; the 36hin, a liquid measure (ᵐ5εἴν(Ἴν;ᵐ5LἼν); butχοῦςLeviticus 19:36; Greekἴυιον, Egyptian measure, =sextarius, accusative to BöckhMetrol. Unters. 244compare BrandisMünz- Mass- & Gewichtswesen 29, 30; the

H6256 עֵת
Definition:

13and (seldom, mostly late)masculineEzra 10:14time(Late Hebrewid.; Phoenicianעת; Assyrianinu, ittu,time; Talmudעַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ענה, but doubtful whether I.׳ע); — absolute׳עHosea 10:12+, cons 13and (seldom, mostly late)masculineEzra 10:14time(Late Hebrewid.; Phoenicianעת; Assyrianinu, ittu,time; Talmudעַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ענה, but doubtful whether I.׳ע); — absolute׳עHosea 10:12+, cons

Possible Meanings:
  • usual time (semantic_range)
  • proper (semantic_range)
  • suitable time (semantic_range)
H5704 עַד
Definition:

20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti 20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti

Possible Meanings:
  • until (semantic_range)
H6256 עֵת
Definition:

13and (seldom, mostly late)masculineEzra 10:14time(Late Hebrewid.; Phoenicianעת; Assyrianinu, ittu,time; Talmudעַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ענה, but doubtful whether I.׳ע); — absolute׳עHosea 10:12+, cons 13and (seldom, mostly late)masculineEzra 10:14time(Late Hebrewid.; Phoenicianעת; Assyrianinu, ittu,time; Talmudעַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ענה, but doubtful whether I.׳ע); — absolute׳עHosea 10:12+, cons

Possible Meanings:
  • usual time (semantic_range)
  • proper (semantic_range)
  • suitable time (semantic_range)
H8354 שָׁתָה
Definition:

28+, 1 singularשָׁתִ֫יתִי1 Samuel 1:15+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁתֶּהGenesis 44:5+,וַיִּשְׁתֶּה1 Kings 19:8, usuallyוַיֵּשְׁתְּGenesis 9:21+; jussiveוְיֵשְׁתְּ1 Kings 13:18; 3feminine si 28+, 1 singularשָׁתִ֫יתִי1 Samuel 1:15+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁתֶּהGenesis 44:5+,וַיִּשְׁתֶּה1 Kings 19:8, usuallyוַיֵּשְׁתְּGenesis 9:21+; jussiveוְיֵשְׁתְּ1 Kings 13:18; 3feminine si

Possible Meanings:
  • drink (semantic_range)

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