The Meaning of Ezekiel 28:8 Explained

Ezekiel 28:8

KJV: They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

YLT: To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.

Darby: They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.

ASV: They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They shall bring thee down  to the pit,  and thou shalt die  the deaths  of [them that are] slain  in the midst  of the seas. 

What does Ezekiel 28:8 Mean?

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 28:8 mean?

Into the Pit they shall throw you down and you shall die the death of the slain in the midst of the seas
לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים

לַשַּׁ֖חַת  Into  the  Pit 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שַׁחַת  
Sense: pit, destruction, grave.
יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ  they  shall  throw  you  down 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, second person masculine singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
וָמַ֛תָּה  and  you  shall  die 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מָמֹות  
Sense: death.
מְמוֹתֵ֥י  the  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
חָלָ֖ל  of  the  slain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
בְּלֵ֥ב  in  the  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
יַמִּֽים  of  the  seas 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.