Ezekiel 23:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְבֻשֵׁ֤י תְכֵ֙לֶת֙ פַּח֣וֹת וּסְגָנִ֔ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּ֑ם פָּרָשִׁ֕ים רֹכְבֵ֖י סוּסִֽים׃

Transliteration

ləḇušê təḵēlet paḥôt and səḡānîm baḥûrê ḥemed all of them pārāšîm rōḵəḇê sûsîm

Grammar Details

*ləḇušê*: masculine plural construct - clothed in/wearing
*təḵēlet*: feminine singular noun - blue/purple
*paḥôt*: masculine plural noun - governors
*səḡānîm*: masculine plural noun - officials/rulers
*baḥûrê*: masculine plural construct - young men of
*ḥemed*: masculine singular noun - desire/delight
*pārāšîm*: masculine plural noun - horsemen
*rōḵəḇê*: masculine plural construct participle - riders of
*sûsîm*: masculine plural noun - horses

Word Meanings

*təḵēlet*: blue/purple/violet
*paḥôt*: governors/captains/officials
*səḡānîm*: prefects/rulers/officials
*baḥûrê*: young men/choice men
*ḥemed*: desire/desirability/precious

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 23:23 : 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, [and] all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding upon horses.

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13And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
14And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
15girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity.
16And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
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