Ezekiel

Ezekiel 39:12–16

¹²For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. ¹³All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory,^d declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁴And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search. ¹⁵As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog. ¹⁶(Even the city will be named Hamonah.^e) And so they will cleanse the land.

Footnotes

d 39:13 Or and the day I display My glory will be a day of renown
e 39:16 Hamonah means multitude or horde.

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Ezekiel 39:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For seven	שִׁבְעָ֖ה	šiḇ·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
months	חֳדָשִֽׁים׃	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
the house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
will be burying them	וּקְבָרוּם֙	ū·qə·ḇā·rūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine plural	H6912 bury
in order	לְמַ֖עַן	lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
to cleanse	טַהֵ֣ר	ṭa·hêr	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H2891 be clean, pure
the land	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Ezekiel 39:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
All	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the people	עַ֣ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of the land	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
will bury them	וְקָֽבְרוּ֙	wə·qā·ḇə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H6912 bury
and it will bring them	וְהָיָ֥ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
renown	לְשֵׁ֑ם	lə·šêm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
on the day	י֚וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
I display My glory	הִכָּ֣בְדִ֔י	hik·kā·ḇə·ḏî	Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
declares	נְאֻ֖ם	nə·’um	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֥י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh

Ezekiel 39:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And men	וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י	wə·’an·šê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
will be employed	יַבְדִּ֙ילוּ֙	yaḇ·dî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H914 be divided, separate
to continually	תָמִ֤יד	ṯā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
pass	עֹבְרִ֣ים	‘ō·ḇə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
through the land	בָּאָ֔רֶץ	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
to cleanse it	לְטַֽהֲרָ֑הּ	lə·ṭa·hă·rāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H2891 be clean, pure
by burying	מְקַבְּרִ֣ים	mə·qab·bə·rîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H6912 bury
the invaders	הָעֹבְרִ֗ים	hā·‘ō·ḇə·rîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
who remain	הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים	han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H3498 remain over
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the ground	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
At the end	מִקְצֵ֥ה	miq·ṣêh	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7097 end, extremity
of the seven	שִׁבְעָֽה־	šiḇ·‘āh-	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
months	חֳדָשִׁ֖ים	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
they will begin their search	יַחְקֹֽרוּ׃	yaḥ·qō·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2713 search

Ezekiel 39:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As they pass	וְעָבְר֤וּ	wə·‘ā·ḇə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
through the land	בָּאָ֔רֶץ	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
anyone who sees	וְרָאָה֙	wə·rā·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
a human	אָדָ֔ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
bone	עֶ֣צֶם	‘e·ṣem	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6106 bone, substance, self
will set up	וּבָנָ֥ה	ū·ḇā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1129 build
a pillar	צִיּ֑וּן	ṣî·yūn	Noun - masculine singular	H6725 sign-post, monument
next to it	אֶצְל֖וֹ	’eṣ·lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H681 conjunction, proximity
until	עַ֣ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the gravediggers	קָבְר֤וּ	qā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6912 bury
have buried	הַֽמְקַבְּרִ֔ים	ham·qab·bə·rîm	Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H6912 bury
it in	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the Valley of Hamon-gog	גּֽוֹג׃	gō·wḡ	Noun - proper	H1996 multitude of Gog

Ezekiel 39:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Even the city	עִ֛יר	‘îr	Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
will be	וְגַ֥ם	wə·ḡam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
named	שֶׁם־	šem-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
Hamonah	הֲמוֹנָ֖ה	hă·mō·w·nāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1997 Hamonah
And so they will cleanse	וְטִהֲר֥וּ	wə·ṭi·hă·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H2891 be clean, pure
the land	הָאָֽרֶץ׃ס	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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Ezekiel 39:12 Deuteronomy 21:23 · Ezekiel 39:14 · Ezekiel 39:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.