The Meaning of Ezekiel 19:8 Explained

Ezekiel 19:8

KJV: Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

YLT: And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

Darby: Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

ASV: Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the nations  set  against him on every side  from the provinces,  and spread  their net  over him: he was taken  in their pit. 

What does Ezekiel 19:8 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 19:8 mean?

And set against him the nations on every side from the provinces and spread over him their net in their pit He was trapped
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ עָלָ֥יו גּוֹיִ֛ם סָבִ֖יב מִמְּדִינ֑וֹת וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּ עָלָ֛יו רִשְׁתָּ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם נִתְפָּֽשׂ

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ  And  set 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
עָלָ֥יו  against  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
גּוֹיִ֛ם  the  nations 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
סָבִ֖יב  on  every  side 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
מִמְּדִינ֑וֹת  from  the  provinces 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְדִינָה  
Sense: province, district.
וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּ  and  spread 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
עָלָ֛יו  over  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
רִשְׁתָּ֖ם  their  net 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֶשֶׁת  
Sense: net.
בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם  in  their  pit 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שַׁחַת  
Sense: pit, destruction, grave.
נִתְפָּֽשׂ  He  was  trapped 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.