The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:41 Explained

Ezekiel 23:41

KJV: And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

YLT: And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.

Darby: and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil.

ASV: and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And satest  upon a stately  bed,  and a table  prepared  before  it, whereupon thou hast set  mine incense  and mine oil. 

What does Ezekiel 23:41 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 23:41 mean?

and You sat on a couch stately and with a table prepared before it and My incense and My oil you had set on which
וְיָשַׁבְתְּ֙ עַל־ מִטָּ֣ה כְבוּדָּ֔ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֥ן עָר֖וּךְ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ וּקְטָרְתִּ֥י וְשַׁמְנִ֖י שַׂ֥מְתְּ עָלֶֽיהָ

וְיָשַׁבְתְּ֙  and  You  sat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person feminine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
מִטָּ֣ה  a  couch 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִטָּה  
Sense: couch, bed, bier.
כְבוּדָּ֔ה  stately 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּבֹוד 
Sense: abundance, riches, wealth.
וְשֻׁלְחָ֥ן  and  with  a  table 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֻׁלְחָן  
Sense: table.
עָר֖וּךְ  prepared 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
לְפָנֶ֑יהָ  before  it 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וּקְטָרְתִּ֥י  and  My  incense 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: קְטֹרֶת  
Sense: incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice.
וְשַׁמְנִ֖י  and  My  oil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
שַׂ֥מְתְּ  you  had  set 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person feminine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
עָלֶֽיהָ  on  which 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.