King James Version

Ezekiel 39:12

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

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וּקְבָרוּם֙uqevarumand buryקָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bury”, a completed action in a sequenceH6912to inter[idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).בֵּ֣יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לְמַ֖עַןlemaanthatמַעַןpreposition — “that”H4616properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order thatbecause of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.טַהֵ֣רtaherbe cleanטָהֵרverb, piel, infinitive construct — “be clean”, the to-form of the verbH2891to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.שִׁבְעָ֖הshivahsevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).חֳדָשִֽׁיםchodashimmonthחֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the house of Israel have buried them — in order to cleanse the land — seven months.

World English Bible

“‘“The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.

Darby Translation

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;

Douay-Rheims

And the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the house of Israel shall bury them, that the land may be cleansed in the space of seven months.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατορύξουσιν αὐτοὺς οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ, ἵνα καθαρισθῇ ἡ γῆ ἐν ἑπταμήνῳ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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