The Meaning of Ezekiel 26:9 Explained

Ezekiel 26:9

KJV: And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

YLT: And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.

Darby: and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.

ASV: And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he shall set  engines  of war  against thy walls,  and with his axes  he shall break down  thy towers. 

What does Ezekiel 26:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 26

1  Tyrus, for insulting Jerusalem, is threatened with destruction
7  The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her
15  The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 26:9 mean?

And battering his rams He will direct against your walls and your towers he will break down with his axes
וּמְחִ֣י קָֽבָלּ֔וֹ יִתֵּ֖ן בְּחֹֽמוֹתָ֑יִךְ וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ יִתֹּ֖ץ בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽיו

וּמְחִ֣י  And  battering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מְחִי  
Sense: stroke (of a battering ram).
קָֽבָלּ֔וֹ  his  rams 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קְבֹל  
Sense: something in front, attacking engine, something before.
יִתֵּ֖ן  He  will  direct 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בְּחֹֽמוֹתָ֑יִךְ  against  your  walls 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ  and  your  towers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: מִגְדָּל  
Sense: tower.
יִתֹּ֖ץ  he  will  break  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָתַץ  
Sense: to pull down, break down, cast down, throw down, beat down, destroy, overthrow, break out (teeth).
בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽיו  with  his  axes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.

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