What Does Ezekiel 26:8 Mean in the King James?
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
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 siege is engineered access: after the sword reaches those beyond the walls, a raised way brings the assault against the city itself.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks of violence in two layers: daughters are killed in the field, and siegeworks are built against the city. A fort, ramp, and shield turn the attack into an organized approach toward the people within.
THE ROOT
סֹלְלָה
solelah
GROWS FROM
ס־ל־ל
To raise or heap up; to cast up a way.
English “mount” makes this sound like terrain. The Hebrew word belongs to ס־ל־ל (s-l-l; salal), meaning “to raise or heap up,” the same root behind a raised highway. The siege ramp is a way made upward for force to reach a defended place; the root holds the mound and the road together as structures of access.
ALSO GROWS
mesillah: Highway, raised road.
מְסִלָּה
In Isaiah 62:10, this is the raised way prepared for people to pass through, showing the same root’s other use.
salal: To raise, heap up, or cast up a way.
סָלַל
This verb names the action that forms both the siege ramp here and the highway in Isaiah 62:10.
THE PATTERN
A prepared approach shapes what can reach a place: it can carry force toward a city or open a path for people.
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.THE THREAD
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.The “highway” here and the “mount” in Ezekiel share the root ס־ל־ל (s-l-l; salal), meaning “to raise or heap up.” One raised way opens passage for people; the other brings an army against a city, revealing how the same made path can serve passage or attack.
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