The Meaning of Ezekiel 36:17 Explained

Ezekiel 36:17

KJV: Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

YLT: 'Son of man, The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, And they defile it by their way and by their doings, As the uncleanness of a separated one hath their way been before Me.

Darby: Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a woman in her separation.

ASV: Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Son  of man,  when the house  of Israel  dwelt  in their own land,  they defiled  it by their own way  and by their doings:  their way  was before  me as the uncleanness  of a removed woman. 

What does Ezekiel 36:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 36

1  The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it
8  and by the blessings of God promised unto it
16  Israel was rejected for their sin
21  and shall be restored without their desert
25  The blessings of Christ's kingdom

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 36:17 mean?

Son of man the house of Israel when dwelt in their own land and they defiled it by their own ways and deeds like the uncleanness of a [woman] in her [customary] impurity Was their way to Me
בֶּן־ אָדָ֗ם בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יֹשְׁבִ֣ים עַל־ אַדְמָתָ֔ם וַיְטַמְּא֣וּ אוֹתָ֔הּ בְּדַרְכָּ֖ם וּבַעֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם כְּטֻמְאַת֙ הַנִּדָּ֔ה הָיְתָ֥ה דַרְכָּ֖ם לְפָנָֽי

בֶּן־  Son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֗ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
בֵּ֤ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יֹשְׁבִ֣ים  when  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
אַדְמָתָ֔ם  their  own  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.
וַיְטַמְּא֣וּ  and  they  defiled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
בְּדַרְכָּ֖ם  by  their  own  ways 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וּבַעֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם  and  deeds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עֲלִילָה  
Sense: wantonness, deed, doing.
כְּטֻמְאַת֙  like  the  uncleanness 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: טֻמְאָה  
Sense: uncleanness.
הַנִּדָּ֔ה  of  a  [woman]  in  her  [customary]  impurity 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נִדָּה  
Sense: impurity, filthiness, menstruous, set apart.
דַרְכָּ֖ם  their  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
לְפָנָֽי  to  Me 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.