Ezekiel 11:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Young's Literal Translation
who are saying, It [is] not near—to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we the flesh.

King James Bible
Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron, and we [be] the flesh.

Hebrew
They are saying,
הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים (hā·’ō·mə·rîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Is not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the time near
בְקָר֖וֹב (ḇə·qā·rō·wḇ)
Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

to build
בְּנ֣וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build

houses?
בָּתִּ֑ים (bāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1004: A house

The city
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a cooking pot,
הַסִּ֔יר (has·sîr)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook

and we
וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

are the meat.’
הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ (hab·bā·śār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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