Ezekiel 2:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑י בֶּן־אָדָם֙ עֲמֹ֣ד עַל־רַגְלֶ֔יךָ וַאֲדַבֵּ֖ר אֹתָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer unto me, ben-ʾādām ʿămōd upon raglêḵā and ʾădabbēr ʾōtāḵ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *ben-ʾādām*: construct state - son of man/Adam
• *ʿămōd*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - stand
• *raglêḵā*: noun feminine dual construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your feet
• *ʾădabbēr*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will speak
• *ʾōtāḵ*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

• *ben-ʾādām*: son of man/son of Adam/mortal human
• *ʾădabbēr*: speak/converse with/address

Referenced Verses

• Dan 10:11 : 11 And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear.
• Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
• Ezek 4:1 : 1 And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.
• Ezek 5:1 : 1 And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, using it like a haircutter's blade, and making it go over your head and the hair of your chin: and take scales for separating the hair by weight.
• Ezek 3:1 : 1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
• Ezek 3:4 : 4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
• Acts 9:6 : 6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.
• Acts 26:16 : 16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
• Ezek 3:10 : 10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
• Ezek 7:2 : 2 And you, son of man, say, This is what the Lord has said to the land of Israel: An end has come, the end has come on the four quarters of the land.
• Ezek 12:3 : 3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.
• Ezek 13:2 : 2 Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;
• Ezek 14:3 : 3 Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?
• Ezek 14:13 : 13 Son of man, when a land, sinning against me, does wrong, and my hand is stretched out against it, and the support of its bread is broken, and I make it short of food, cutting off man and beast from it:
• Ezek 15:2 : 2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?
• Ezek 16:2 : 2 Son of man, make clear to Jerusalem her disgusting ways,
• Ezek 17:2 : 2 Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
• Ezek 20:3 : 3 Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.
• Ezek 37:3 : 3 And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.
• Dan 8:17 : 17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.
• Dan 10:19 : 19 Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:
• Matt 16:13-16 : 13 Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He says to them, But who do you say that I am? 16 And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
• Matt 17:7 : 7 And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.
• John 3:13 : 13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
• John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
• Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
• Ezek 1:28 : 28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.
• Ezek 2:3 : 3 And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.
• Ezek 2:6 : 6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
• Ezek 2:8 : 8 But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.