The Meaning of Ezekiel 38:5 Explained

Ezekiel 38:5

KJV: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

YLT: Persia, Cush, and Phut, with them, All of them with shield and helmet.

Darby: Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

ASV: Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Persia,  Ethiopia,  and Libya  with them; all of them with shield  and helmet: 

What does Ezekiel 38:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 38

1  The army
8  and malice of Gog
14  God's judgment against him

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 38:5 mean?

Persia Ethiopia and Libya are with them all of them [with] shield and helmet
פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע

פָּרַ֛ס  Persia 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרַס  
Sense: the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south.
כּ֥וּשׁ  Ethiopia 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כּוּשׁ 
Sense: a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7.
וּפ֖וּט  and  Libya  are 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פּוּט  
Sense: a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans.
אִתָּ֑ם  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
כֻּלָּ֖ם  all  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מָגֵ֥ן  [with]  shield 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
וְכוֹבָֽע  and  helmet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּובַע  
Sense: helmet.