The Meaning of Ezekiel 22:10 Explained

Ezekiel 22:10

KJV: In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

YLT: The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.

Darby: in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.

ASV: In thee have they uncovered their fathers nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In thee have they discovered  their fathers'  nakedness:  in thee have they humbled  her that was set apart  for pollution. 

What does Ezekiel 22:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 22

1  A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence
17  God will burn them as dross in his furnace
23  The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 22:10 mean?

Nakedness their fathers' men uncover in you during their impurity Menstruous women they violate in you
עֶרְוַת־ אָ֖ב גִּלָּה־ בָ֑ךְ טְמֵאַ֥ת הַנִּדָּ֖ה עִנּוּ־ בָֽךְ

עֶרְוַת־  Nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אָ֖ב  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
גִּלָּה־  men  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
בָ֑ךְ  in  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
טְמֵאַ֥ת  during  their  impurity 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular construct
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
הַנִּדָּ֖ה  Menstruous  women 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נִדָּה  
Sense: impurity, filthiness, menstruous, set apart.
עִנּוּ־  they  violate 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.
בָֽךְ  in  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular