The Meaning of Ezekiel 21:6 Explained

Ezekiel 21:6

KJV: Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

YLT: And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,

Darby: Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

ASV: Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Sigh  therefore, thou son  of man,  with the breaking  of [thy] loins;  and with bitterness  sigh  before their eyes. 

What does Ezekiel 21:6 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 21:6 mean?

And therefore you son of man Sigh with breaking a heart and with bitterness sigh before their eyes
וְאַתָּ֥ה בֶן־ אָדָ֖ם הֵֽאָנַ֑ח בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם

וְאַתָּ֥ה  And  therefore  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֖ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
הֵֽאָנַ֑ח  Sigh 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: אָנַח  
Sense: (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp.
בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן  with  breaking 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שִׁבָּרֹון  
Sense: destruction, breaking, shattering, crushing.
מָתְנַ֙יִם֙  a  heart 
Parse: Noun, md
Root: מָתְנַיִם  
Sense: loins, hips.
וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת  and  with  bitterness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְרִירוּת  
Sense: bitterness.
תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח  sigh 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָנַח  
Sense: (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp.
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם  before  their  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.