The Meaning of Ezekiel 19:3 Explained

Ezekiel 19:3

KJV: And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

YLT: And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

Darby: And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

ASV: And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And she brought up  one  of her whelps:  it became a young lion,  and it learned  to catch  the prey;  it devoured  men. 

What does Ezekiel 19:3 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 19:3 mean?

And she brought up one of her cubs a young lion he became and He learned to catch prey men he devoured
וַתַּ֛עַל אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרָף־ טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל

וַתַּ֛עַל  And  she  brought  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
אֶחָ֥ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ  of  her  cubs 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: גּוּר  
Sense: cub, whelp, young.
כְּפִ֣יר  a  young  lion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּפִיר 
Sense: young lion.
הָיָ֑ה  he  became 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
וַיִּלְמַ֥ד  and  He  learned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לָמַד  
Sense: to learn. teach, exercise in.
לִטְרָף־  to  catch 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: טָרַף  
Sense: to tear, rend, pluck.
טֶ֖רֶף  prey 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טֶרֶף  
Sense: prey, food, leaf.
אָדָ֥ם  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
אָכָֽל  he  devoured 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

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