The Meaning of Ezekiel 24:18 Explained

Ezekiel 24:18

KJV: So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

YLT: And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

Darby: And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

ASV: So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So I spake  unto the people  in the morning:  and at even  my wife  died;  and I did  in the morning  as I was commanded. 

What does Ezekiel 24:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 24

1  Under the parable of a boiling pot
6  is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
15  By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife
19  is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 24:18 mean?

So I spoke to the people in the morning and died my wife at evening and I did the [next] morning as I was commanded
וָאֲדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־ הָעָם֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וַתָּ֥מָת אִשְׁתִּ֖י בָּעָ֑רֶב וָאַ֥עַשׂ בַּבֹּ֖קֶר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צֻוֵּֽיתִי

וָאֲדַבֵּ֤ר  So  I  spoke 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
הָעָם֙  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
בַּבֹּ֔קֶר  in  the  morning 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
וַתָּ֥מָת  and  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
אִשְׁתִּ֖י  my  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בָּעָ֑רֶב  at  evening 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.
וָאַ֥עַשׂ  and  I  did 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בַּבֹּ֖קֶר  the  [next]  morning 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
צֻוֵּֽיתִי  I  was  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.

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