The Meaning of Ezekiel 19:5 Explained

Ezekiel 19:5

KJV: Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

YLT: And she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

Darby: And when she saw that she had waited and her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

ASV: Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now when she saw  that she had waited,  [and] her hope  was lost,  then she took  another  of her whelps,  [and] made  him a young lion. 

What does Ezekiel 19:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 19

1  A lamentation for the princes of Israel, by the parable of a lion whelping in a pit
10  and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 19:5 mean?

And when she saw that she waited [that] was lost her hope and she took [another] one of her cubs a young lion [and] made him
וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ כִּ֣י נֽוֹחֲלָ֔ה אָבְדָ֖ה תִּקְוָתָ֑הּ וַתִּקַּ֛ח אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֥יר שָׂמָֽתְהוּ

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙  And  when  she  saw 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
כִּ֣י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
נֽוֹחֲלָ֔ה  she  waited 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָחַל  
Sense: to wait, hope, expect.
אָבְדָ֖ה  [that]  was  lost 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
תִּקְוָתָ֑הּ  her  hope 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: תִּקְוָה 
Sense: cord.
וַתִּקַּ֛ח  and  she  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אֶחָ֥ד  [another]  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ  of  her  cubs 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: גּוּר  
Sense: cub, whelp, young.
כְּפִ֥יר  a  young  lion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּפִיר 
Sense: young lion.
שָׂמָֽתְהוּ  [and]  made  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.

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