The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:14 Explained

Ezekiel 23:14

KJV: And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

YLT: And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

Darby: And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

ASV: And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [that] she increased  her whoredoms:  for when she saw  men  pourtrayed  upon the wall,  the images  of the Chaldeans  pourtrayed  with vermilion, 

What does Ezekiel 23:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 23

1  The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23  Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36  The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45  and shows their judgments

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 23:14 mean?

But she increased to her harlotry And she looked at men portrayed on the wall Images of Chaldeans Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion
וַתּ֖וֹסֶף אֶל־ תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ וַתֵּ֗רֶא אַנְשֵׁי֙ מְחֻקֶּ֣ה עַל־ הַקִּ֔יר צַלְמֵ֣י [כשדיים] (כַשְׂדִּ֔ים) חֲקֻקִ֖ים בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר

וַתּ֖וֹסֶף  But  she  increased 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ  her  harlotry 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: תַּזְנוּת  
Sense: fornication, harlotry.
וַתֵּ֗רֶא  And  she  looked  at 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
אַנְשֵׁי֙  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מְחֻקֶּ֣ה  portrayed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָקָה  
Sense: to cut, carve, cut in.
הַקִּ֔יר  the  wall 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קִיר  
Sense: wall, side.
צַלְמֵ֣י  Images 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: צֶלֶם 
Sense: image.
[כשדיים]  of  Chaldeans 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
(כַשְׂדִּ֔ים)  Chaldeans 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: כַּשְׂדִּים  
Sense: a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf.
חֲקֻקִ֖ים  portrayed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: חָקַק  
Sense: to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern.
בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר  in  vermilion 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁשַׁר  
Sense: red colour, vermilion.

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