Ezekiel 24:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם *כתוב־**כְּתָב־לְךָ֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם הַיּ֔וֹם אֶת־עֶ֖צֶם הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה סָמַ֤ךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ אֶל־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּעֶ֖צֶם הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

ben-'āḏām kəṯāḇ-lə-ḵā 'eṯ-šēm the yôm, 'eṯ-'eṣem the yôm the zeh; sāmaḵ meleḵ-bāḇel against yərûšālaim in 'eṣem the yôm the zeh.

Grammar Details

*ben-'āḏām*: construct phrase - son of man/human, vocative address
*kəṯāḇ-lə-ḵā*: qal imperative, masculine singular with preposition and 2nd masculine singular suffix - write for yourself
*'eṯ-šēm*: direct object marker + masculine singular noun - the name
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - day
*'eṯ-'eṣem*: direct object marker + feminine singular noun - the substance/bone/selfsame
*zeh*: demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this
*sāmaḵ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - leaned/supported/pressed against
*meleḵ-bāḇel*: construct phrase - king of Babylon
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*'eṣem*: feminine singular noun - substance/bone/selfsame

Word Meanings

*ben-'āḏām*: son of man/human/mortal
*kəṯāḇ-lə-ḵā*: write for yourself/inscribe for yourself
*'eṯ-šēm*: the name/designation
*'eṯ-'eṣem*: the very/exact/selfsame
*sāmaḵ*: leaned upon/pressed against/laid siege to

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 25:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Jer 39:1 : 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Jer 52:4 : 4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
Hab 2:2-3 : 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Isa 8:1 : 1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

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