The Meaning of Ezekiel 28:10 Explained

Ezekiel 28:10

KJV: Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

YLT: The deaths of the uncircumcised thou diest, By the hand of strangers, for I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

Darby: Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

ASV: Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt die  the deaths  of the uncircumcised  by the hand  of strangers:  for I have spoken  [it], saith  the Lord  GOD. 

What does Ezekiel 28:10 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The king would die a shameful death (cf32:30; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36). The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so to die the death of the uncircumcised meant to die like a barbarian. Strangers would slay him. This is the fate that Yahweh decreed for him and his empire.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 28

1  God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride
11  A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon
20  The judgment of Zion
24  The restoration of Israel

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 28:10 mean?

The death of the uncircumcised You shall die by the hand of aliens for I have spoken says the Lord GOD -
מוֹתֵ֧י עֲרֵלִ֛ים תָּמ֖וּת בְּיַד־ זָרִ֑ים כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה ס

מוֹתֵ֧י  The  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
עֲרֵלִ֛ים  of  the  uncircumcised 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עָרֵל  
Sense: uncircumcised, having foreskin.
תָּמ֖וּת  You  shall  die 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
בְּיַד־  by  the  hand 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
זָרִ֑ים  of  aliens 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
דִבַּ֔רְתִּי  have  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
נְאֻ֖ם  says 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נְאֻם  
Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
אֲדֹנָ֥י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהוִֽה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation