The Meaning of Ezekiel 32:23 Explained

Ezekiel 32:23

KJV: Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.

YLT: Whose graves are appointed in the sides of the pit, And her assembly is round about her grave, All of them wounded, falling by sword, Because they gave terror in the land of the living.

Darby: their graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his assemblage is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

ASV: whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whose graves  are set  in the sides  of the pit,  and her company  is round about  her grave:  all of them slain,  fallen  by the sword,  which caused  terror  in the land  of the living. 

What does Ezekiel 32:23 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 32:23 mean?

whose are set Her graves in the recesses of the Pit and is her company all around her grave All of them slain fallen by the sword who caused terror in the land of the living
אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִתְּנ֤וּ קִבְרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּיַרְכְּתֵי־ ב֔וֹר וַיְהִ֣י קְהָלָ֔הּ סְבִיב֖וֹת קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ כֻּלָּ֤ם חֲלָלִים֙ נֹפְלִ֣ים בַּחֶ֔רֶב אֲשֶׁר־ נָתְנ֥וּ חִתִּ֖ית בְּאֶ֥רֶץ חַיִּֽים

אֲשֶׁ֨ר  whose 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
נִתְּנ֤וּ  are  set 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
קִבְרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙  Her  graves 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קֶבֶר  
Sense: grave, sepulchre, tomb.
בְּיַרְכְּתֵי־  in  the  recesses 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fdc
Root: יְרֵכָה  
Sense: flank, side, extreme parts, recesses.
ב֔וֹר  of  the  Pit 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּור 
Sense: pit, well, cistern.
וַיְהִ֣י  and  is 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
קְהָלָ֔הּ  her  company 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
סְבִיב֖וֹת  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ  her  grave 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קְבוּרָה  
Sense: grave, burial, burial site.
כֻּלָּ֤ם  All  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חֲלָלִים֙  slain 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
נֹפְלִ֣ים  fallen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בַּחֶ֔רֶב  by  the  sword 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
נָתְנ֥וּ  caused 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
חִתִּ֖ית  terror 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חִתִּית  
Sense: terror.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
חַיִּֽים  of  the  living 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.