The Meaning of Ezekiel 32:19 Explained

Ezekiel 32:19

KJV: Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

YLT: Than whom hast thou been more pleasant? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

Darby: Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

ASV: Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whom dost thou pass in beauty?  go down,  and be thou laid  with the uncircumcised. 

What does Ezekiel 32:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 32

1  A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt
11  The sword of Babylon shall destroy it
17  It shall be brought down to hell, among all the uncircumcised nations

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 32:19 mean?

Whom do you surpass in beauty go down and be placed with the uncircumcised
מִמִּ֖י ؟ נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־ עֲרֵלִֽים

מִמִּ֖י  Whom 
Parse: Preposition-m, Interrogative
Root: מִי  
Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
؟ נָעָ֑מְתָּ  do  you  surpass  in  beauty 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָעֵם  
Sense: (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely.
רְדָ֥ה  go  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה  and  be  placed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
עֲרֵלִֽים  the  uncircumcised 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עָרֵל  
Sense: uncircumcised, having foreskin.