What Does Ezekiel 32:4 Mean?

“Then will I leave”

properly, to pound, i.e., smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusive

“of the whole earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon the open”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“field”

a field (as flat)

“I will cast thee forth”

to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or out

“to remain”

to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and will cause all the fowls”

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

“of the heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“upon thee and I will fill”

to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“the beasts”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“of the whole earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)