The Meaning of Ezekiel 32:8 Explained

Ezekiel 32:8

KJV: All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

YLT: All luminaries of light in the heavens, I make black over thee, And I have given darkness over thy land, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

Darby: All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

ASV: All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the bright  lights  of heaven  will I make dark  over thee, and set  darkness  upon thy land,  saith  the Lord  GOD. 

What does Ezekiel 32:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 32

1  A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt
11  The sword of Babylon shall destroy it
17  It shall be brought down to hell, among all the uncircumcised nations

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 32:8 mean?

All the lights bright of the heavens I will make dark over you and bring darkness upon your land says the Lord GOD
כָּל־ מְא֤וֹרֵי אוֹר֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם עָלֶ֑יךָ וְנָתַ֤תִּי חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ עַֽל־ אַרְצְךָ֔ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה

מְא֤וֹרֵי  the  lights 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מָאֹור  
Sense: light, luminary.
אוֹר֙  bright 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.
בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם  of  the  heavens 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
אַקְדִּירֵ֖ם  I  will  make  dark 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: קָדַר  
Sense: to mourn, be dark.
עָלֶ֑יךָ  over  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וְנָתַ֤תִּי  and  bring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙  darkness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹשֶׁךְ  
Sense: darkness, obscurity.
עַֽל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אַרְצְךָ֔  your  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
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’.

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