Ezekiel 19:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And she brought up one of her cubs; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch prey; it devoured men.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתַּ֛עַל אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרָף־טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל׃

Transliteration

wa-taʿal ʾeḥāḏ miggûreyhā kəp̄îr hāyāh wa-yilmaḏ liṭrāp̄-ṭerep̄ ʾāḏām ʾāḵāl

Grammar Details

• *wa-*: conjunction + consecutive - and
• *taʿal*: 3rd person feminine singular, imperfect, hiphil - she brought up
• *ʾeḥāḏ*: masculine singular numeral - one
• *miggûreyhā*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - from her cubs
• *kəp̄îr*: masculine singular noun - young lion
• *hāyāh*: 3rd person masculine singular, perfect, qal - he became
• *yilmaḏ*: 3rd person masculine singular, imperfect, qal - he learned
• *liṭrāp̄*: preposition + infinitive construct, qal - to tear/rend
• *ṭerep̄*: masculine singular noun - prey/torn flesh
• *ʾāḏām*: masculine singular noun - man/men
• *ʾāḵāl*: 3rd person masculine singular, perfect, qal - he devoured

Word Meanings

• *taʿal*: brought up/raised/promoted
• *kəp̄îr*: young lion/lion cub
• *liṭrāp̄*: to tear/to hunt/to rend
• *ṭerep̄*: prey/food/torn flesh
• *ʾāḏām*: man/mankind/humans

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  She brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey and devoured men.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  to spoyle, and to deuoure folke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  One of her whelpes she brought vp, and it be came a lion, it learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

• World English Bible (2000)

  She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 23:31-32 : 31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
• 2 Chr 36:1-2 : 1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
• Ezek 19:6 : 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch prey, and devoured men.
• Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst.