The Meaning of Ezekiel 15:5 Explained

Ezekiel 15:5

KJV: Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

YLT: Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

Darby: Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?

ASV: Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold, when it was whole,  it was meet  for no work:  how much less shall it be meet  yet for [any] work,  when the fire  hath devoured  it, and it is burned? 

What does Ezekiel 15:5 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 15:5 mean?

indeed when it was whole no could be made from it object How much less when the fire has devoured it and it is burned and will it be useful yet for [any] work -
הִנֵּה֙ בִּֽהְיוֹת֣וֹ תָמִ֔ים לֹ֥א יֵֽעָשֶׂ֖ה לִמְלָאכָ֑ה אַ֣ף כִּי־ אֵ֤שׁ אֲכָלַ֙תְהוּ֙ ؟ וַיֵּחָ֔ר וְנַעֲשָׂ֥ה ע֖וֹד לִמְלָאכָֽה ס

הִנֵּה֙  indeed 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
בִּֽהְיוֹת֣וֹ  when  it  was 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תָמִ֔ים  whole 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
לֹ֥א  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יֵֽעָשֶׂ֖ה  could  be  made 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לִמְלָאכָ֑ה  from  it  object 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
אַ֣ף  How  much  less 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
אֵ֤שׁ  the  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
אֲכָלַ֙תְהוּ֙  has  devoured  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
؟ וַיֵּחָ֔ר  and  it  is  burned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָוַר 
Sense: to burn, be hot, be scorched, be charred.
וְנַעֲשָׂ֥ה  and  will  it  be  useful 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
ע֖וֹד  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
לִמְלָאכָֽה  for  [any]  work 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation

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