Ezekiel 18:2

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Ezekiel 18:2


← Ezekiel 18:1 Ezekiel 18:2 (KJV) Ezekiel 18:3 →
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

What mean ye, that ye useH4911 this proverbH4912 concerning the landH127 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559, The fathersH1 have eatenH398 sour grapesH1155, and the children'sH1121 teethH8127 are set on edgeH6949?


Original Hebrew

מַה־לָּכֶם אַתֶּם מֹשְׁלִים אֶת־הַמָּשָׁל הַזֶּה עַל־אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אָבֹות יֹאכְלוּ בֹסֶר וְשִׁנֵּי הַבָּנִים תִּקְהֶינָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מַה
mah- H4100 HTi what?
לָּ/כֶ֗ם
la./Khem HR/Sp2mp (is) to/ you
אַתֶּם֙
'a.Tem H859 HPp2mp you
מֹֽשְׁלִים֙
mo.she.Lim H4911 HVqrmpa (are) speaking a proverb
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
הַ/מָּשָׁ֣ל
ha./ma.Shal H4912 HTd/Ncmsa the/ proverb
הַ/זֶּ֔ה
ha./Zeh H2088 HTd/Pdxms (the)/ this
עַל
'al- H5921 HR on
אַדְמַ֥ת
'ad.Mat H127 HNcfsc (the) land of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Yis.ra.'El H3478 HNp Israel
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר
le./Mor H559 HR/Vqc (to)/ saying
אָבוֹת֙
'a.Vot H1 HNcmpa parents
יֹ֣אכְלוּ
Yo.khe.lu H398 HVqi3mp they eat
בֹ֔סֶר
Vo.ser H1155 HNcmsa sour grape(s)
וְ/שִׁנֵּ֥י
ve./shi.Nei H8127 HC/Ncbdc and/ (the) teeth of
הַ/בָּנִ֖ים
ha./ba.Nim H1121 HTd/Ncmpa the/ children
תִּקְהֶֽינָה
tik.Hei.nah H6949 HVqi3fp they are blunt
Strong's References
  • H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
  • H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
  • H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
  • H1155 — בֹּסֶר (bôçer, bo'ser): from the same as בֶּסֶר (beçer) H1154; an immature grape; sour grape.
  • H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה (sârâh) H8280 and אֵל (ʼêl) H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  • H4911 — מָשַׁל (mâshal, maw-shal'): denominative from מָשָׁל (mâshâl) H4912; to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble; be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
  • H4912 — מָשָׁל (mâshâl, maw-shawl'): apparently from מָשַׁל (mâshal) H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.
  • H6949 — קָהָה (qâhâh, kaw-haw'): a primitive root; to be dull; be set on edge, be blunt.
  • H8127 — שֵׁן (shên, shane): from שָׁנַן (shânan) H8150; compare שֶׁנְהַבִּים (shenhabbîym) H8143; a tooth (as sharp); specificallyivory; figuratively, a cliff; crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
  • H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת (zôʼth) H2063, זֹה (zôh) H2090, זוֹ (zôw) H2097, זוּ (zûw) H2098.
  • H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה (mah); or מָ (mâ); or מַ (ma); also מֶה (meh); a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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