The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:2 Explained

Ezekiel 4:2

KJV: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

YLT: and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.

Darby: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

ASV: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And lay  siege  against it, and build  a fort  against it, and cast  a mount  against it; set  the camp  also against it, and set  [battering] rams  against it round about. 

What does Ezekiel 4:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 4

1  Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
9  By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 4:2 mean?

And Lay against it siege and build against it a siege wall and heap up a mound and set camps and place [battering] rams all around
וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֜יהָ מָצ֗וֹר וּבָנִ֤יתָ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ דָּיֵ֔ק וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥ סֹֽלְלָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֨ה מַחֲנ֛וֹת וְשִׂים־ כָּרִ֖ים סָבִֽיב

וְנָתַתָּ֨ה  And  Lay 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
עָלֶ֜יהָ  against  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מָצ֗וֹר  siege 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָצֹור 
Sense: siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works.
וּבָנִ֤יתָ  and  build 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙  against  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
דָּיֵ֔ק  a  siege  wall 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּיֵק  
Sense: bulwark, siege-wall, sidewall.
וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥  and  heap  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שֶׂפֶק 
Sense: to pour, pour out, spill.
סֹֽלְלָ֑ה  a  mound 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סׄלְלָה  
Sense: mound.
וְנָתַתָּ֨ה  and  set 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
מַחֲנ֛וֹת  camps 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
וְשִׂים־  and  place 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
כָּרִ֖ים  [battering]  rams 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כַּר 
Sense: howdah, palanquin, basket saddle.
סָבִֽיב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.

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