Ezekiel 39:14

“And they will set apart men of continual duty passing through the land, burying, with those who pass through, those who remain on the face of the land, to cleanse it; at the end of seven months they will search.”

Ezekiel 39:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 39:14, word by word

And they will set apartיַבְדִּילוּyavdilu

separate

Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.

Where else “yavdilu” appears
menאַנְשֵׁיanshe

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “anshe” appears
of continual dutyתָמִידtamid

continually

Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.

Where else “tamid” appears
passing throughעֹבְרִיםovrim

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “ovrim” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
buryingמְקַבְּרִיםmekabrim

bury

Bury.

Where else “mekabrim” appears
those who remainנּוֹתָרִיםnotarim

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

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on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

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to cleanse itטַהֲרָtahara

declare clean

To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.

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at the endקְצֵהketse

close

What comes when a time finishes: the close of the years.

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of sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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monthsחֳדָשִׁיםchodashim

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

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they will searchיַחְקֹרוּyachkoru

search out, examine

Search out: examine something thoroughly.

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The context

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.

14 · This verse (above)

15And those who pass by will pass through the land, and when one sees a human bone, he will build beside it a marker, until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.

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