Ezekiel 21:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ לְמָרְטָ֖ה לִתְפֹּ֣שׂ בַּכָּ֑ף הִֽיא־הוּחַ֤דָּה חֶ֙רֶב֙ וְהִ֣יא מֹרָ֔טָּה לָתֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּיַד־הוֹרֵֽג׃

Transliteration

And-yittēn it ləmārəṭāh liṯpōś in-the-kāp̄ it-hûḥaddāh ḥereḇ and-it mōrāṭṭāh lāṯēṯ it in-yaḏ-hôrēḡ.

Grammar Details

*yittēn*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he gave
*ləmārəṭāh*: preposition with qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to polish it
*liṯpōś*: preposition with qal infinitive construct - to grasp
*kāp̄*: feminine singular - palm/hand
*hûḥaddāh*: hophal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it is sharpened
*ḥereḇ*: feminine singular - sword
*mōrāṭṭāh*: pual perfect 3rd feminine singular - it is polished
*lāṯēṯ*: preposition with qal infinitive construct - to give
*yaḏ*: construct state, feminine singular - hand of
*hôrēḡ*: qal participle masculine singular - slayer/killer

Word Meanings

*ləmārəṭāh*: to polish it/to make it smooth/to burnish it
*liṯpōś*: to grasp/seize/handle
*kāp̄*: palm/hand/grasp
*hûḥaddāh*: sharpened/honed/made sharp
*mōrāṭṭāh*: polished/burnished/made smooth
*hôrēḡ*: slayer/killer/one who slays

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:9 : 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Ezek 16:46 : 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Ezek 21:4 : 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezek 21:20 : 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

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