And you will come upוְעָלִיתָagainst my peopleעַל עַמִּיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלlike a cloudכֶּעָנָןto coverלְכַסּוֹתthe land;הָאָרֶץin the last daysבְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִיםit will be,תִּהְיֶהand I will bring youוַהֲבִאוֹתִיךָagainst my land,עַל אַרְצִיso thatלְמַעַןthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםmay knowדַּעַתme,אֹתִיwhen I am sanctifiedבְּהִקָּדְשִׁיthrough you,בְךָGog,גּוֹגbefore their eyes.לְעֵינֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 38:16
Study it in the app“And you will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land; in the last days it will be, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me, when I am sanctified through you, Gog, before their eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 38:16, word by word
- And you will come upעָלִיתָalita
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alita” appears- against my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- like a cloudעָנָןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- to coverכַסּוֹתchasot
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chasot” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- in the last daysאַחֲרִיתacharit
future
The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.
Where else “acharit” appears- in the last daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- it will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- and I will bring youהֲבִאוֹתִיhavioti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havioti” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- may knowדַּעַתdaat
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “daat” appears- when I am sanctifiedהִקָּדְשִׁhikadshi
be holy
To be holy, set apart for God.
Where else “hikadshi” appears- Gogגּוֹגgog
Gog
Gog: a man of the tribe of Reuben. In Ezekiel 38-39 the same name is borne by the chief of a people of the north.
Where else “gog” appears- before their eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
15And you will come from your place, from the farthest parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, riding horses, all of them, a great assembly, and a numerous army.
16 · This verse (above)
17Thus says Adonai YHWH: Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?