Ezekiel 14:13
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:”
מַטֶּה
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
לֶחֶם
bread
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לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
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חָטָא
it will sin
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חָטָא
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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בֵּן
O son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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יָד
hand/ my
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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מִן
from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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רָעָב
famine
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רָעָב
hunger (more or less extensive)
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מַעַל
unfaithfulness
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מַעַל
treachery, i.e. sin
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