The Meaning of Ezekiel 24:4 Explained

Ezekiel 24:4

KJV: Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

YLT: To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.

Darby: Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:

ASV: gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Gather  the pieces  thereof into it, [even] every good  piece,  the thigh,  and the shoulder;  fill  [it] with the choice  bones. 

What does Ezekiel 24:4 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 24:4 mean?

Gather pieces [of] [meat] in it every piece good the thigh and the shoulder choice with cuts Fill [it]
אֱסֹ֤ף נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ אֵלֶ֔יהָ כָּל־ נֵ֥תַח ט֖וֹב יָרֵ֣ךְ וְכָתֵ֑ף מִבְחַ֥ר עֲצָמִ֖ים מַלֵּֽא

אֱסֹ֤ף  Gather 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
נְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙  pieces  [of]  [meat] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֵתַח  
Sense: piece, a piece of flesh or meat.
אֵלֶ֔יהָ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
נֵ֥תַח  piece 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵתַח  
Sense: piece, a piece of flesh or meat.
ט֖וֹב  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
יָרֵ֣ךְ  the  thigh 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָרֵךְ  
Sense: thigh, side, loin, base.
וְכָתֵ֑ף  and  the  shoulder 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
מִבְחַ֥ר  choice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִבְחָר  
Sense: choicest, best.
עֲצָמִ֖ים  with  cuts 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֶצֶם 
Sense: bone, essence, substance.
מַלֵּֽא  Fill  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.

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