The Meaning of Ezekiel 39:14 Explained

Ezekiel 39:14

KJV: And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

YLT: And men for continual employment they separate, passing on through the land, burying with those passing by those who are left on the face of the earth, to cleanse it: at the end of seven months they search.

Darby: And they shall sever out men of continual employment to go through the land, who, with the passers-by, shall bury those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: at the end of seven months shall they make a search.

ASV: And they shall set apart men of continual employment, that shall pass through the land, and, with them that pass through, those that bury them that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they shall sever out  men  of continual employment,  passing through  the land  to bury  with the passengers  those that remain  upon the face  of the earth,  to cleanse  it: after the end  of seven  months  shall they search. 

What does Ezekiel 39:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 39

1  God's judgment upon Gog
8  Israel's victory
11  Gog's burial in Hamon-gog
17  The feast of the fowls
21  Israel having been plagued for their sins
25  shall be gathered again with eternal favor

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 39:14 mean?

And men regularly employed they will set apart to pass through the land and bury - with the help of a search party those bodies remaining on on the ground in order to cleanse it at the end of seven months they will make a search
וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י תָמִ֤יד יַבְדִּ֙ילוּ֙ עֹבְרִ֣ים בָּאָ֔רֶץ מְקַבְּרִ֣ים אֶת־ הָעֹבְרִ֗ים הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לְטַֽהֲרָ֑הּ מִקְצֵ֥ה שִׁבְעָֽה־ חֳדָשִׁ֖ים יַחְקֹֽרוּ

וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י  And  men 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
תָמִ֤יד  regularly  employed 
Parse: Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
יַבְדִּ֙ילוּ֙  they  will  set  apart 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּדַל  
Sense: to divide, separate.
עֹבְרִ֣ים  to  pass 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
בָּאָ֔רֶץ  through  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
מְקַבְּרִ֣ים  and  bury 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעֹבְרִ֗ים  with  the  help  of  a  search  party 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים  those  bodies  remaining 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָתַר  
Sense: to be left over, remain, remain over, leave.
הָאָ֖רֶץ  the  ground 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לְטַֽהֲרָ֑הּ  in  order  to  cleanse  it 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
מִקְצֵ֥ה  at  the  end 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָצֶה 
Sense: end, extremity.
שִׁבְעָֽה־  of  seven 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
חֳדָשִׁ֖ים  months 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
יַחְקֹֽרוּ  they  will  make  a  search 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָקַר  
Sense: to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate.

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