The Meaning of Ezekiel 30:17 Explained

Ezekiel 30:17

KJV: The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

YLT: The youths of Aven and Pi-Beseth by sword do fall, And these into captivity do go.

Darby: The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these shall go into captivity.

ASV: The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities'shall go into captivity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The young men  of Aven  and of Pibeseth  shall fall  by the sword:  and these [cities] shall go  into captivity. 

What does Ezekiel 30:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 30

1  The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20  The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 30:17 mean?

The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth by the sword shall fall and those [cities] into captivity shall go
בַּח֥וּרֵי אָ֛וֶן וּפִי־ בֶ֖סֶת בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ וְהֵ֖נָּה בַּשְּׁבִ֥י תֵלַֽכְנָה

בַּח֥וּרֵי  The  young  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
אָ֛וֶן  of  Aven 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָוֶן  
Sense: a name used contemptuously for the following places of idolatrous worship.
בֶ֖סֶת  Pi  Beseth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פִּי־בֶסֶת  
Sense: a town of lower Egypt located on the west bank of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile about 40 miles from Memphis.
בַּחֶ֣רֶב  by  the  sword 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
יִפֹּ֑לוּ  shall  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְהֵ֖נָּה  and  those  [cities] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine plural
Root: הֵנָּה  
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
בַּשְּׁבִ֥י  into  captivity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִי 
Sense: captivity, captives.
תֵלַֽכְנָה  shall  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.

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