The Meaning of Ezekiel 16:19 Explained

Ezekiel 16:19

KJV: My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.

YLT: And My bread, that I gave to thee, Fine flour, and oil, and honey, that I caused thee to eat. Thou hast even set it before them, For a sweet fragrance -- thus it is, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Darby: And my bread which I had given thee, the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour: thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

ASV: My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My meat  also which I gave  thee, fine flour,  and oil,  and honey,  [wherewith] I fed  thee, thou hast even set  it before  them for a sweet  savour:  and [thus] it was, saith  the Lord  GOD. 

What does Ezekiel 16:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 16

1  Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6  God's extraordinary love toward her,
15  Her grievous judgment
35  Her sin, equal to her mother,
46  and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria,
59  calls for judgments
60  Mercy is promised her in the end

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 16:19 mean?

And My food which I gave to you the [pastry] of fine flour and oil and honey [which] I fed you and you set it before them as incense sweet and [so] it was says the Lord GOD
וְלַחְמִי֩ אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַ֨תִּי לָ֜ךְ סֹ֣לֶת וָשֶׁ֤מֶן וּדְבַשׁ֙ הֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְ וּנְתַתִּ֧יהוּ לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם לְרֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ וַיֶּ֑הִי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה

וְלַחְמִי֩  And  My  food 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
נָתַ֨תִּי  I  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָ֜ךְ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
סֹ֣לֶת  the  [pastry]  of  fine  flour 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סׄלֶת  
Sense: fine flour.
וָשֶׁ֤מֶן  and  oil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
וּדְבַשׁ֙  and  honey 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דְּבַשׁ  
Sense: honey.
הֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְ  [which]  I  fed  you 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular, second person feminine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וּנְתַתִּ֧יהוּ  and  you  set  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם  before  them 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
לְרֵ֥יחַ  as  incense 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֵיחַ  
Sense: scent, fragrance, aroma, odour.
נִיחֹ֖חַ  sweet 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נִיחֹחַ  
Sense: soothing, quieting, tranquillising.
וַיֶּ֑הִי  and  [so]  it  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
נְאֻ֖ם  says 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נְאֻם  
Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
אֲדֹנָ֥י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהוִֽה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.

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