The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:6 Explained

Ezekiel 23:6

KJV: Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

YLT: Clothed with blue -- governors and prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,

Darby: clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

ASV: who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Which were] clothed  with blue,  captains  and rulers,  all of them desirable  young men,  horsemen  riding  upon horses. 

What does Ezekiel 23:6 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 23:6 mean?

[Who] [were] clothed in purple Captains and rulers young men desirable all of them Horsemen riding on horses
לְבֻשֵׁ֤י תְכֵ֙לֶת֙ פַּח֣וֹת וּסְגָנִ֔ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּ֑ם פָּרָשִׁ֕ים רֹכְבֵ֖י סוּסִֽים

לְבֻשֵׁ֤י  [Who]  [were]  clothed  in 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct
Root: לָבַשׁ  
Sense: to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed.
תְכֵ֙לֶת֙  purple 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּכֵלֶת  
Sense: violet, violet stuff.
פַּח֣וֹת  Captains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פֶּחָה  
Sense: governor.
וּסְגָנִ֔ים  and  rulers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סֶגֶן  
Sense: ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler.
בַּח֥וּרֵי  young  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
חֶ֖מֶד  desirable 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶמֶד  
Sense: desire, delight, beauty, desirable, pleasant.
כֻּלָּ֑ם  all  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
פָּרָשִׁ֕ים  Horsemen 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פָּרָשׁ 
Sense: horse, steed, warhorse.
רֹכְבֵ֖י  riding  on 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: רָכַב  
Sense: to mount and ride, ride.
סוּסִֽים  horses 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: סוּס 
Sense: swallow, swift.

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