Ezekiel 21:21
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3588 [e]כִּֽי־
kî-
ForConj
5975 [e]עָמַ֨ד
‘ā-maḏ
standsV-Qal-Perf-3ms
4428 [e]מֶלֶךְ־
me-leḵ-
the kingN-msc
894 [e]בָּבֶ֜ל
bā-ḇel
of BabylonN-proper-fs
413 [e]אֶל־
’el-
atPrep
517 [e]אֵ֣ם
’êm
the partingN-fsc
1870 [e]הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ
had-de-reḵ,
of the roadArt | N-cs
7218 [e]בְּרֹ֛אשׁ
bə-rōš
at the forkPrep-b | N-msc
8147 [e]שְׁנֵ֥י
šə-nê
of twoNumber-mdc
1870 [e]הַדְּרָכִ֖ים
had-də-rā-ḵîm
the roadsArt | N-cp
7080 [e]לִקְסָם־
liq-sām-
to usePrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
7081 [e]קָ֑סֶם
qā-sem;
divinationN-ms
7043 [e]קִלְקַ֤ל
qil-qal
he shakesV-Piel-Perf-3ms
2671 [e]בַּֽחִצִּים֙
ba-ḥiṣ-ṣîm
the arrowsPrep-b, Art | N-mp
7592 [e]שָׁאַ֣ל
šā-’al
he consultsV-Qal-Perf-3ms
8655 [e]בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים
bat-tə-rā-p̄îm,
the imagesPrep-b, Art | N-mp
7200 [e]רָאָ֖ה
rā-’āh
he looksV-Qal-Perf-3ms
3516 [e]בַּכָּבֵֽד׃
bak-kā-ḇêḏ.
at the liverPrep-b, Art | N-fs





















Hebrew Texts
יחזקאל 21:21 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃

יחזקאל 21:21 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
כי־עמד מלך־בבל אל־אם הדרך בראש שני הדרכים לקסם־קסם קלקל בחצים שאל בתרפים ראה בכבד׃

יחזקאל 21:21 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
כי־עמד מלך־בבל אל־אם הדרך בראש שני הדרכים לקסם־קסם קלקל בחצים שאל בתרפים ראה בכבד׃

יחזקאל 21:21 Hebrew Bible
כי עמד מלך בבל אל אם הדרך בראש שני הדרכים לקסם קסם קלקל בחצים שאל בתרפים ראה בכבד׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver.

King James Bible
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.
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the king

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parting [heb] mother
to use

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he made. Or as the Vulgate, `he mingled his arrows.' They wrote on several arrows,' says Jerome, the names of the cities they intended to assault; and then putting them altogether promiscuously in a quiver, they drew then out thence as lots to be drawn; and that city whose name was written on the arrow first drawn, was the city they first made war on.'

arrows. or, knives
images [heb] teraphim

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Zechariah 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, …

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