Ezekiel 21:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So you, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for slaughter, a sword of a great massacre that surrounds and penetrates them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם הִנָּבֵ֕א וְהַ֖ךְ כַּ֣ף אֶל־כָּ֑ף וְתִכָּפֵ֞ל חֶ֤רֶב שְׁלִישִׁ֙תָה֙ חֶ֣רֶב חֲלָלִ֔ים הִ֗יא חֶ֚רֶב חָלָ֣ל הַגָּד֔וֹל הַחֹדֶ֖רֶת לָהֶֽם

Transliteration

wə-ʾattâ ben-ʾādām hinnābēʾ wə-hak kap ʾel-kāp wə-tikkāpēl ḥereb šəlîšîtâ ḥereb ḥălālîm hîʾ ḥereb ḥālāl haggādôl haḥōderet lāhem

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ʾattâ*: pronoun, masculine singular - you
• *ben*-*ʾādām*: construct phrase - son of man
• *hinnābēʾ*: niphal imperative, masculine singular - prophesy
• *wə*-*hak*: conjunction + hiphil imperative, masculine singular - and strike/smite
• *kap*: noun, feminine singular - palm/hand
• *ʾel*-*kāp*: preposition + noun - toward hand/palm
• *wə*-*tikkāpēl*: conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and will be doubled
• *ḥereb*: noun, feminine singular - sword
• *šəlîšîtâ*: adjective, feminine singular - third (time)
• *ḥereb* *ḥălālîm*: construct phrase - sword of slain
• *hîʾ*: pronoun, feminine singular - it
• *ḥereb* *ḥālāl* *haggādôl*: construct phrase with adjective - sword of the great slain
• *haḥōderet*: definite article + qal participle, feminine singular - the one penetrating
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to/for them

Word Meanings

• *hinnābēʾ*: prophesy/predict/speak as inspired
• *hak*: strike/clap/join together
• *kap*: palm/hand/hollow/spoon
• *tikkāpēl*: be doubled/repeated/multiplied
• *ḥereb*: sword/drought/cutting instrument
• *šəlîšîtâ*: third time/threefold
• *ḥălālîm*: slain ones/pierced ones/fatally wounded
• *ḥālāl*: pierced/slain/fatally wounded
• *haḥōderet*: penetrating/surrounding/enclosing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Also, son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both shall come forth out of one land: and choose a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also, thou son{H1121} of man,{H120} appoint{H7760} thee two{H8147} ways,{H1870} that the sword{H2719} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} may come;{H935} they twain{H8147} shall come forth{H3318} out of one{H259} land:{H776} and mark out{H1254} a place,{H3027} mark it out{H1254} at the head{H7218} of the way{H1870} to the city.{H5892}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also, thou son{H1121} of man{H120}, appoint{H7760}{(H8798)} thee two{H8147} ways{H1870}, that the sword{H2719} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} may come{H935}{(H8800)}: both twain{H8147} shall come forth{H3318}{(H8799)} out of one{H259} land{H776}: and choose{H1254}{(H8761)} thou a place{H3027}, choose{H1254}{(H8761)} it at the head{H7218} of the way{H1870} to the city{H5892}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne of man, make the two stretes, that the swearde of ye kinge of Babilo maye come. Both these stretes shall go out of one londe. He shal set him vp a place, at the heade of the strete shal he chose him out a corner.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also thou sonne of man, appoint thee two wayes, that the sworde of the King of Babel may come: both twaine shall come out of one lande, and chuse a place, and chuse it in the corner of the way of the citie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou sonne of man, appoynt thee two wayes, that the sworde of the king of Babylon may come: Both these wayes shal go out of one lande, and choose thee a place, at the head of the citie wayes choose it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou, son of man, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare `it'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 1:10 : 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.
• Ezek 4:1-3 : 1 Now, you, son of man, take a brick and set it before you; then inscribe on it the city of Jerusalem. 2 Build siege works against it, construct a ramp, set up camps around it, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Set your face against it, besiege it, and let it be under siege. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.
• Ezek 5:1-9 : 1 And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it like a razor for barbers, and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take scales to weigh and divide the hair. 2 A third of it you shall burn in the fire within the city when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take another third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And the final third you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe a sword to chase after them. 3 Take some small amount of the hair and bind it in the edges of your garment. 4 Then take some of these again, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From it, a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. 5 This is what the Lord GOD says: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, surrounded by countries. 6 But she has rebelled against My rules more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the surrounding countries. They have rejected My judgments and have not walked in My statutes. 7 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you are more rebellious than the surrounding nations—you have not walked in My statutes or done what My judgments demand, nor have you even lived according to the laws of the nations around you. 8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I Myself am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. 9 Because of all your abominations, I will do what I have never done before and will never do again. 10 Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind. 11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity. 12 One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you. Another third will fall by the sword around you, and the final third I will scatter to every wind and pursue with a drawn sword. 13 Then My anger will be fully spent, and I will satisfy My fury on them and be appeased. They will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them. 14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You will be a reproach, a mockery, a warning, and a horror to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes! I, the LORD, have spoken. 16 When I send against you the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you, I will send more of them to destroy you and cut off your supply of bread. 17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will bereave you. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.