The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:15 Explained

Ezekiel 23:15

KJV: Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

YLT: Girded with a girdle on their loins, Dyed attire spread out on their heads, The appearance of rulers -- all of them, The likeness of sons of Babylon, Chaldea is the land of their birth.

Darby: girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them captains in appearance, after the likeness of the children of Babylon, of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

ASV: girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Girded  with girdles  upon their loins,  exceeding  in dyed attire  upon their heads,  all of them princes  to look to,  after the manner  of the Babylonians  of Chaldea,  the land  of their nativity: 

What does Ezekiel 23:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 23

1  The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23  Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36  The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45  and shows their judgments

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 23:15 mean?

Girded with belts around their waists Flowing turbans on their heads looking like captains all of them in the manner of Babylon Chaldea the land of their nativity
חֲגוֹרֵ֨י אֵז֜וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם סְרוּחֵ֤י טְבוּלִים֙ בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם מַרְאֵ֥ה שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים כֻּלָּ֑ם דְּמ֤וּת בְּנֵֽי־ בָבֶל֙ כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים אֶ֖רֶץ מוֹלַדְתָּֽם

חֲגוֹרֵ֨י  Girded  with 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: חָגֹור  
Sense: clothed, girded, girt.
אֵז֜וֹר  belts 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵזׄור  
Sense: waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing.
בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם  around  their  waists 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, mdc, third person masculine plural
Root: מָתְנַיִם  
Sense: loins, hips.
סְרוּחֵ֤י  Flowing 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: סָרוּחַ 
Sense: to go free, be unrestrained, be overrun, exceed, overhang, grow luxuriously.
טְבוּלִים֙  turbans 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: טְבוּלִים  
Sense: turban.
בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם  on  their  heads 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
מַרְאֵ֥ה  looking  like 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַרְאֶה  
Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים  captains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁלִישׁ 
Sense: third part.
כֻּלָּ֑ם  all  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דְּמ֤וּת  in  the  manner 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: דְּמוּת  
Sense: likeness, similitude adv.
בָבֶל֙  Babylon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים  Chaldea 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּשְׂדִּים  
Sense: a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf.
אֶ֖רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
מוֹלַדְתָּֽם  of  their  nativity 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מֹולֶדֶת  
Sense: kindred, birth, offspring, relatives.

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