And they will set apartוְ יַבְדִּילוּmenאַנְשֵׁיof continual dutyתָמִידpassing throughעֹבְרִיםthe land,בָּאָרֶץburying,מְקַבְּרִיםwithאֶתthose who pass through,הָעֹבְרִיםthose who remainהַנּוֹתָרִיםon the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the land,הָאָרֶץto cleanse it;לְטַהֲרָהּat the endמִקְצֵהof sevenשִׁבְעָהmonthsחֳדָשִׁיםthey will search.יַחְקֹרוּ
Ezekiel 39:14
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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.
Where else “notarim” appears- on the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- to cleanse itטַהֲרָtahara
declare clean
To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.
Where else “tahara” appears- at the endקְצֵהketse
close
What comes when a time finishes: the close of the years.
Where else “ketse” appears- of 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- they will searchיַחְקֹרוּyachkoru
search out, examine
Search out: examine something thoroughly.
Where else “yachkoru” appears
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.