Ezekiel 39:15

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 39:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 39:15, word by word

And those who pass byעֹבְרִיםovrim

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
and when one seesרָאָהraa

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “raa” appears
a humanאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
boneעֶצֶםetsem

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

Where else “etsem” appears
he will buildבָנָהvana

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “vana” appears
beside itאֶצְלetsl

beside

Beside, next to.

Where else “etsl” appears
a markerצִיּוּןtsiyun

marker

A sign set up to mark a place: the stone that marks a grave (2 Kings 23:17; Ezekiel 39:15) or the post that marks a road (Jeremiah 31:21).

Where else “tsiyun” appears
the gravediggersמְקַבְּרִיםmekabrim

bury

Bury.

Where else “mekabrim” appears
in the Valleyגֵּיאge

valley

Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.

Where else “ge” appears
of Hamon-gogהֲמוֹןhamon

Hamon-gog

Hamon-gog: a name meaning "multitude of Gog"; the name of the valley where Gog is buried.

Where else “hamon” appears

The context

14And 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.

15 · This verse (above)

16And also the name of a city will be Hamonah. And they will cleanse the land.’

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