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And the houseוּ בֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill bury themקְבָרוּםin order toלְמַעַןcleanseטַהֵרthe landהָאָרֶץfor sevenשִׁבְעָהmonths.חֳדָשִׁים
Ezekiel 39:12
Study it in the app“And the house of Israel will bury them in order to cleanse the land for seven months.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 39:12, word by word
- And the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of 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- will bury themקְבָרוּkevaru
bury
Bury.
Where else “kevaru” appears- cleanseטַהֵרtaher
declare clean
To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.
Where else “taher” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- for sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- monthsחֳדָשִׁיםchodashim
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appears
The context
11And it will happen on that day that I will give to Gog a place there for a grave in Israel, the valley of those who pass by, east of the sea; and it will block those who pass by; and they will bury there Gog and all his multitude, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-gog.
12 · This verse (above)
13And all the people of the land will bury them, and it will be for them a renown, on the day when I am glorified, declares Adonai YHWH.