The Meaning of Ezekiel 39:3 Explained

Ezekiel 39:3

KJV: And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

YLT: And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall.

Darby: And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

ASV: and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will smite  thy bow  out of thy left  hand,  and will cause thine arrows  to fall  out of thy right  hand. 

What does Ezekiel 39:3 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 39:3 mean?

And I will knock the bow out of hand your left and the arrows out of hand your right cause to fall
וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ מִיַּ֣ד שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ מִיַּ֥ד יְמִינְךָ֖ אַפִּֽיל

וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י  And  I  will  knock 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
קַשְׁתְּךָ֖  the  bow 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קֶשֶׁת  
Sense: bow.
מִיַּ֣ד  out  of  hand 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ  your  left 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שְׂמֹאל  
Sense: the left, the left hand, the left side.
וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ  and  the  arrows 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: חֵץ  
Sense: arrow.
מִיַּ֥ד  out  of  hand 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
יְמִינְךָ֖  your  right 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
אַפִּֽיל  cause  to  fall 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.

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