The Meaning of Ezekiel 19:10 Explained

Ezekiel 19:10

KJV: Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

YLT: Thy mother is as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

Darby: Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

ASV: Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thy mother  [is] like a vine  in thy blood,  planted  by the waters:  she was fruitful  and full of branches  by reason of many  waters. 

What does Ezekiel 19:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 19

1  A lamentation for the princes of Israel, by the parable of a lion whelping in a pit
10  and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 19:10 mean?

Your mother [was] like a vine in your bloodline by the waters Planted Fruitful and full of branches she was because of waters many
אִמְּךָ֥ כַגֶּ֛פֶן בְּדָמְךָ֖ עַל־ מַ֣יִם שְׁתוּלָ֑ה פֹּֽרִיָּה֙ וַֽעֲנֵפָ֔ה הָיְתָ֖ה מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים

אִמְּךָ֥  Your  mother  [was] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
כַגֶּ֛פֶן  like  a  vine 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: גֶּפֶן  
Sense: vine, vine tree.
בְּדָמְךָ֖  in  your  bloodline 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
מַ֣יִם  the  waters 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
שְׁתוּלָ֑ה  Planted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: שָׁתַל  
Sense: (Qal) to plant, transplant.
פֹּֽרִיָּה֙  Fruitful 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: פָּרָה 
Sense: to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off.
וַֽעֲנֵפָ֔ה  and  full  of  branches 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: עָנֵף  
Sense: full of branches, dense.
הָיְתָ֖ה  she  was 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מִמַּ֥יִם  because  of  waters 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
רַבִּֽים  many 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.