Ezekiel 18:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

Young's Literal Translation
‘What—to you, ye—using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons’ teeth are blunted?

King James Bible
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

Hebrew
“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do you people
אַתֶּם֙ (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

mean
לָּכֶ֗ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

by quoting this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

proverb
מֹֽשְׁלִים֙ (mō·šə·lîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble

about
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the land
אַדְמַ֥ת (’aḏ·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 127: Ground, land

of Israel:
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

‘The fathers
אָבוֹת֙ (’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

eat
יֹ֣אכְלוּ (yō·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

sour grapes,
בֹ֔סֶר (ḇō·ser)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1155: Unripe or sour grapes

but the children’s
הַבָּנִ֖ים (hab·bā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

teeth
וְשִׁנֵּ֥י (wə·šin·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

are set on edge’?
תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃ (tiq·he·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 6949: To be blunt or dull

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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