The Meaning of Ezekiel 7:17 Explained

Ezekiel 7:17

KJV: All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

YLT: All the hands are feeble, and all knees go -- waters.

Darby: All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water.

ASV: All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All hands  shall be feeble,  and all knees  shall be weak  [as] water. 

What does Ezekiel 7:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 7

1  The final desolation of Israel
16  The mournful repentance from that escape
20  The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations
23  Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 7:17 mean?

Every hand will be feeble and every knee will be [as] weak [as] water
כָּל־ הַיָּדַ֖יִם תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה וְכָל־ בִּרְכַּ֖יִם תֵּלַ֥כְנָה מָּֽיִם

כָּל־  Every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַיָּדַ֖יִם  hand 
Parse: Article, Noun, fd
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה  will  be  feeble 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: רָפָה  
Sense: to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened.
וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בִּרְכַּ֖יִם  knee 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: בֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: knee.
תֵּלַ֥כְנָה  will  be  [as]  weak 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מָּֽיִם  [as]  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.

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