The Meaning of Ezekiel 21:19 Explained

Ezekiel 21:19

KJV: Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

YLT: And thou, son of man, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare it.

Darby: And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come out of one land shall they both come and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.

ASV: Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Also, thou son  of man,  appoint  thee two  ways,  that the sword  of the king  of Babylon  may come:  both twain  shall come forth  out of one  land:  and choose  thou a place,  choose  [it] at the head  of the way  to the city. 

What does Ezekiel 21:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 21

1  Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing
8  The sharp and bright sword
18  against Jerusalem
25  against the kingdom
28  and against the Ammonites

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 21:19 mean?

and you son of man appoint for yourself two ways to go for the sword of the king of Babylon out of the land one shall go the two of them and a sign Make at the head of the road to the city put [it]
וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־ אָדָ֜ם שִׂים־ לְךָ֣ ׀ שְׁנַ֣יִם דְּרָכִ֗ים לָבוֹא֙ חֶ֣רֶב מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶ֔ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ אֶחָ֖ד יֵצְא֣וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם וְיָ֣ד בָּרֵ֔א בְּרֹ֥אשׁ דֶּֽרֶךְ־ עִ֖יר בָּרֵֽא

וְאַתָּ֨ה  and  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֜ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
שִׂים־  appoint 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
לְךָ֣ ׀  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
שְׁנַ֣יִם  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
דְּרָכִ֗ים  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
לָבוֹא֙  to  go 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
חֶ֣רֶב  for  the  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  of  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
בָּבֶ֔ל  of  Babylon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ  out  of  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
אֶחָ֖ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
יֵצְא֣וּ  shall  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם  the  two  of  them 
Parse: Number, mdc, third person masculine plural
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
וְיָ֣ד  and  a  sign 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
בָּרֵ֔א  Make 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: בָּרָא 
Sense: to create, shape, form.
בְּרֹ֥אשׁ  at  the  head 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
דֶּֽרֶךְ־  of  the  road  to 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
עִ֖יר  the  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
בָּרֵֽא  put  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: בָּרָא 
Sense: to create, shape, form.

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