The Meaning of Ezekiel 12:3 Explained

Ezekiel 12:3

KJV: Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

YLT: And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they are.

Darby: And thou, son of man, prepare thee a captive's baggage, and go captive by day in their sight; and thou shalt go captive from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

ASV: Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore, thou son  of man,  prepare  thee stuff  for removing,  and remove  by day  in their sight;  and thou shalt remove  from thy place  to another  place  in their sight:  it may be they will consider,  though they [be] a rebellious  house. 

What does Ezekiel 12:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 12

1  Under the type of Ezekiel's removing
8  is shown the captivity of Zedekiah
17  Ezekiel's trembling shows the Jews' desolation
21  The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved
26  The speediness of the vision

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 12:3 mean?

Therefore you son of man prepare your belongings for captivity and go into captivity by day in their sight and You shall go into captivity from your place to place another in their sight It may be that they will consider though a house rebellious they [are]
וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־ אָדָ֗ם עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ כְּלֵ֣י גוֹלָ֔ה וּגְלֵ֥ה יוֹמָ֖ם לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וְגָלִ֨יתָ מִמְּקוֹמְךָ֜ אֶל־ מָק֤וֹם אַחֵר֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם אוּלַ֣י יִרְא֔וּ כִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה

וְאַתָּ֣ה  Therefore  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֗ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
עֲשֵׂ֤ה  prepare 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְךָ֙  your 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
כְּלֵ֣י  belongings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
גוֹלָ֔ה  for  captivity 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֹּולָה  
Sense: exiles, exile, captivity.
וּגְלֵ֥ה  and  go  into  captivity 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
יוֹמָ֖ם  by  day 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יׄומָם  
Sense: by day, in the daytime subst.
לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם  in  their  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
וְגָלִ֨יתָ  and  You  shall  go  into  captivity 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
מִמְּקוֹמְךָ֜  from  your  place 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
מָק֤וֹם  place 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
אַחֵר֙  another 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.
לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם  in  their  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
אוּלַ֣י  It  may  be 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אוּלַי  
Sense: perhaps, peradventure.
יִרְא֔וּ  that  they  will  consider 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
כִּ֛י  though 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
בֵּ֥ית  a  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מְרִ֖י  rebellious 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרִי  
Sense: rebellion.
הֵֽמָּה  they  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.