The Meaning of Ezekiel 39:4 Explained

Ezekiel 39:4

KJV: Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

YLT: On mountains of Israel thou fallest, Thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples who are with thee, To ravenous fowl -- a bird of every wing, And to a beast of the field, I have given thee for food.

Darby: Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee: I have given thee to be meat for the birds of prey of every wing, and to the beasts of the field.

ASV: Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt fall  upon the mountains  of Israel,  thou, and all thy bands,  and the people  that [is] with thee: I will give  thee unto the ravenous  birds  of every sort,  and [to] the beasts  of the field  to be devoured. 

What does Ezekiel 39:4 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 39:4 mean?

Upon the mountains of Israel You shall fall you and all your troops and the peoples who [are] with you to prey of birds of every sort and [to] the beasts of the field I will give you for food
עַל־ הָרֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל תִּפּ֗וֹל אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־ אֲגַפֶּ֔יךָ וְעַמִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ לְעֵ֨יט צִפּ֧וֹר כָּל־ כָּנָ֛ף וְחַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה נְתַתִּ֥יךָ לְאָכְלָֽה

עַל־  Upon 
Parse: Preposition
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.
הָרֵ֨י  the  mountains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
תִּפּ֗וֹל  You  shall  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֲגַפֶּ֔יךָ  your  troops 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֲגַף  
Sense: wing (of an army), band, army, hordes.
וְעַמִּ֖ים  and  the  peoples 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  who  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
אִתָּ֑ךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
לְעֵ֨יט  to  prey 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עַיִט  
Sense: bird of prey, a swooper.
צִפּ֧וֹר  of  birds 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: צִפֹּור  
Sense: bird, fowl.
כָּל־  of  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כָּנָ֛ף  sort 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
וְחַיַּ֥ת  and  [to]  the  beasts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה  of  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
נְתַתִּ֥יךָ  I  will  give  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְאָכְלָֽה  for  food 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָכְלָה  
Sense: food.