The Meaning of Ezekiel 38:7 Explained

Ezekiel 38:7

KJV: Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

YLT: Be prepared, yea, prepare for thee, Thou and all thine assemblies who are assembled unto thee, And thou hast been to them for a guard.

Darby: Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou, and all thine assemblage that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

ASV: Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Be thou prepared,  and prepare  for thyself, thou, and all thy company  that are assembled  unto thee, and be thou a guard  unto them. 

What does Ezekiel 38:7 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 38:7 mean?

Prepare and be ready yourself you and all your companies that are gathered about you and be for them a guard
הִכֹּן֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לְךָ֔ אַתָּ֕ה וְכָל־ קְהָלֶ֖ךָ הַנִּקְהָלִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם לְמִשְׁמָֽר

הִכֹּן֙  Prepare 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
וְהָכֵ֣ן  and  be  ready 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
לְךָ֔  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
קְהָלֶ֖ךָ  your  companies 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
הַנִּקְהָלִ֣ים  that  are  gathered 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: קָהַל  
Sense: to assemble, gather.
עָלֶ֑יךָ  about  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וְהָיִ֥יתָ  and  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָהֶ֖ם  for  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
לְמִשְׁמָֽר  a  guard 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁמָר 
Sense: place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance.