Ezekiel 12:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהוֹצֵאתָ֨ כֵלֶ֜יךָ כִּכְלֵ֥י גוֹלָ֛ה יוֹמָ֖ם לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וְאַתָּ֗ה תֵּצֵ֤א בָעֶ֙רֶב֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם כְּמוֹצָאֵ֖י גּוֹלָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-hôṣêtā kēleḵā like-kəlî gôlāh by-day to-ʿênêhem and-you tēṣēʾ in-the-ʿereḇ to-ʿênêhem like-môṣāʾê gôlāh

Grammar Details

*hôṣêtā*: hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall bring out
*kēleḵā*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your vessels/implements
*kəlî*: common noun, masculine plural construct - vessels/implements of
*tēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall go out
*ʿereḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - evening
*môṣāʾê*: construct state of participle, masculine plural - those who go out/depart
*gôlāh*: common noun, feminine singular - exile/captivity

Word Meanings

*môṣāʾê*: those who depart/exits/goings forth
*ʿereḇ*: evening/sunset/dusk

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Referenced Verses

Jer 39:4 : 4 And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
2 Kgs 25:4 : 4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
Ezek 12:12 : 12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
Jer 52:7 : 7 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.

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