Ezekiel 21:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

Young's Literal Translation
For stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on 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.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the king
מֶלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Babylon
בָּבֶ֜ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

stands
עָמַ֨ד (‘ā·maḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

at
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the fork
אֵ֣ם (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 517: A mother, )

in the road,
הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ (had·de·reḵ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

at the junction
בְּרֹ֛אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of the two
שְׁנֵ֥י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

roads,
הַדְּרָכִ֖ים (had·də·rā·ḵîm)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to seek
לִקְסָם־ (liq·sām-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7080: To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine

an omen:
קָ֑סֶם (qā·sem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7081: A lot, divination, oracle

He shakes
קִלְקַ֤ל (qil·qal)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

the arrows,
בַּֽחִצִּים֙ (ba·ḥiṣ·ṣîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

he consults
שָׁאַ֣ל (šā·’al)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

the idols,
בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים (bat·tə·rā·p̄îm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8655: (a kind of idol) perhaps household idol

he examines
רָאָ֖ה (rā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

the liver.
בַּכָּבֵֽד׃ (bak·kā·ḇêḏ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3516: The liver

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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