The Meaning of Ezekiel 21:16 Explained

Ezekiel 21:16

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

YLT: Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.

Darby: Gather up strength, go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.

ASV: Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ezekiel 21:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 21

1  Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing
8  The sharp and bright sword
18  against Jerusalem
25  against the kingdom
28  and against the Ammonites

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 21:16 mean?

Swords at the ready Thrust right Set your blade Thrust left where your edge is ordered
הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ מֻעָדֽוֹת

הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י  Swords  at  the  ready 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: אָחַד  
Sense: (Hithpael) to go one way or another, to be sharp.
הֵימִ֖נִי  Thrust  right 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: יָמַן  
Sense: (Hiphil) to choose the right, go to the right, use the right hand, be right handed.
הָשִׂ֣ימִי  Set  your  blade 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי  Thrust  left 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: שְׂמֹאל 
Sense: to take the left, go to the left.
אָ֖נָה  where 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: אָן  
Sense: where?, whither? (of place).
פָּנַ֥יִךְ  your  edge 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
מֻעָדֽוֹת  is  ordered 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: יָעַד  
Sense: to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth.

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