The Meaning of Ezekiel 39:18 Explained

Ezekiel 39:18

KJV: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

YLT: Flesh of the mighty ye do eat, And blood of princes of the earth ye drink, Of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, Of calves, fatlings of Bashan -- all of them.

Darby: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, and of bullocks, all of them fatted beasts of Bashan.

ASV: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye shall eat  the flesh  of the mighty,  and drink  the blood  of the princes  of the earth,  of rams,  of lambs,  and of goats,  of bullocks,  all of them fatlings  of Bashan. 

What does Ezekiel 39:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 39

1  God's judgment upon Gog
8  Israel's victory
11  Gog's burial in Hamon-gog
17  The feast of the fowls
21  Israel having been plagued for their sins
25  shall be gathered again with eternal favor

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 39:18 mean?

The flesh of the mighty You shall eat and the blood of the princes of the earth Drink of rams and lambs and of goats and bulls fatlings of Bashan all of them
בְּשַׂ֤ר גִּבּוֹרִים֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ וְדַם־ נְשִׂיאֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ תִּשְׁתּ֑וּ אֵילִ֨ים כָּרִ֤ים וְעַתּוּדִים֙ פָּרִ֔ים מְרִיאֵ֥י בָשָׁ֖ן כֻּלָּֽם

בְּשַׂ֤ר  The  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
גִּבּוֹרִים֙  of  the  mighty 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ  You  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וְדַם־  and  the  blood 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
נְשִׂיאֵ֥י  of  the  princes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
הָאָ֖רֶץ  of  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
תִּשְׁתּ֑וּ  Drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
אֵילִ֨ים  of  rams 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
כָּרִ֤ים  and  lambs 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כַּר 
Sense: howdah, palanquin, basket saddle.
וְעַתּוּדִים֙  and  of  goats 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַתּוּד  
Sense: ram, he-goat, chief one.
פָּרִ֔ים  and  bulls 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פַּר  
Sense: .
מְרִיאֵ֥י  fatlings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מָרָא 
Sense: well-fed, fatling.
בָשָׁ֖ן  of  Bashan 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּשָׁן 
Sense: a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh.
כֻּלָּֽם  all  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.