The Meaning of Ezekiel 6:7 Explained

Ezekiel 6:7

KJV: And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

YLT: And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

Darby: And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

ASV: And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the slain  shall fall  in the midst  of you, and ye shall know  that I [am] the LORD. 

What does Ezekiel 6:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 6

1  The judgment of Israel for their idolatry
8  A remnant shall be blessed
11  The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 6:7 mean?

And shall fall the slain in your midst and you shall know that I [am] Yahweh
וְנָפַ֥ל חָלָ֖ל בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה

וְנָפַ֥ל  And  shall  fall 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
חָלָ֖ל  the  slain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם  in  your  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם  and  you  shall  know 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֲנִ֥י  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.