What Does Ezekiel 12:12 Mean in the King James?
And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew calls the prince and his carrying by the same root: the one lifted up is also the one who bears a load.
THE MEANING
You see rank and vulnerability in the same body: the prince bears a load, leaves through a breach in the wall at twilight, and covers his face so he will not see the ground. Status does not dissolve the burden, and concealment shapes the departure.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that rank guarantees safety or freedom from burdens falters here: the prince still carries a load and leaves under concealment.
THE ROOT
יִשָּׂא
yissāʾ
GROWS FROM
נשא
The Hebrew root נשא (nāśāʾ) means to lift, carry, or bear.
English separates “prince” from “bear,” but the Hebrew נָשִׂיא (nāśîʾ, prince) belongs to the same root family as יִשָּׂא (yissāʾ, he bears). The one lifted into rank is also the one carrying a load, so title and burden echo each other in the scene.
ALSO GROWS
nāśîʾ: Prince or chief; one raised up.
נָשִׂיא
The prince’s title shares the root נשא with the verb translated “shall bear,” joining elevation with carrying.
maśśāʾ: A burden or load.
מַשָּׂא
This noun from נשא makes the root’s carrying sense concrete: the one raised up is still defined by what he bears.
THE PATTERN
Elevation does not erase the load; authority is revealed by what it bears or places on others.
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.THE THREAD
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.The Hebrew verb translated “shall bear” here and “hath borne” in Isaiah 53:4 comes from the same root, נשא (nāśāʾ, to lift or carry). The shared root places this prince’s physical load beside griefs carried by another figure.
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