The Meaning of Ezekiel 15:3 Explained

Ezekiel 15:3

KJV: Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

YLT: Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

Darby: Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

ASV: Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Shall wood  be taken  thereof to do  any work?  or will [men] take  a pin  of it to hang  any vessel  thereon? 

What does Ezekiel 15:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 15

1  By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work
6  is shown the rejection of Jerusalem

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 15:3 mean?

is taken from it wood to make any object Or can [men] make a peg to hang on any vessel
הֲיֻקַּ֤ח מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עֵ֔ץ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת ؟ לִמְלָאכָ֑ה אִם־ יִקְח֤וּ יָתֵ֔ד לִתְל֥וֹת ؟ עָלָ֖יו כָּל־ כֶּֽלִי

הֲיֻקַּ֤ח  is  taken 
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙  from  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
עֵ֔ץ  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת  to  make 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
؟ לִמְלָאכָ֑ה  any  object 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
יִקְח֤וּ  can  [men]  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
יָתֵ֔ד  a  peg 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָתֵד  
Sense: pin, stake, peg, nail.
לִתְל֥וֹת  to  hang 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: תָּלָה  
Sense: to hang.
כָּל־  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כֶּֽלִי  vessel 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.

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