## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 39

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:2:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:2:1)

**וְשִׁשֵּׁאתִיךָ.** כְּמוֹ וְהִשֵּׁאתִיךָ עַל עַמִּי, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא יַשִּׁיא אוֹיֵב בּוֹ״ (תהלים פט:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will entice you** [Heb. וְשִּׁשֵּׁאתִיךָ,] like וְהִשֵּׁאתִיךָ, I will entice you upon My people, as in (Ps. 89: 23): “No enemy will entice (יַשִׂיא) him.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:7:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:7:1)

**וְלֹא אַחֵל אֶת שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי.** שִׁפְלוּתָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל חִלּוּל שְׁמוֹ הוּא, בֶּאֱמוֹר לָהֶם ״עַם ה׳ אֵלֶּה״ (יחזקאל לו:כ) וְלֹא יָכוֹל לְהַצִּילָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will no longer cause My Holy Name to be profaned** For Israel’s degradation is a profanation of His Name, “inasmuch as it is said of them, ‘these are the people of the Lord’” (above 36:20), and He is unable to save them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:9:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:9:1)

**וְהִשִּׂיקוּ.** כְּמוֹ תַּנּוּר שֶׁהִשּׂיקוּהוּ בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה (שבת ג:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and heat up** [Heb. וְהִשִּׂיקוּ,] like (Orlah 3:5): “An oven that they heated up (שֶּׁהִטִיקוּהָ)” in the language of the Mishnah.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:9:2
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**בַּנֶּשֶׁק.** אַנָא״ר מוּרָא״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the weapons** [Heb. בַנֶשֶּׁק,] an armures in Old French, with weapons.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:11:1)

**אֶתֵּן לְגוֹג מְקוֹם שָׁם קֶבֶר.** מָקוֹם שֶׁיְּהֵא שָׁם קֶבֶר לָהֶם; לְפִי שֶׁהוּא מִזַּרְעוֹ שֶׁל יֶפֶת, שֶׁכִּסָּה אֶת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו, לְפִיכָךְ זָכָה לִקְבוּרָה (בראשית רבה לו:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will give Gog a place there as a grave** A place where there will be a grave for them. Since he is of the seed of Japtheth, who covered his father’s nakedness, he therefore merited burial.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:11:2)

**גֵּי הָעֹבְרִים.** גֵּי שֶׁהֵם עוֹבְרִים אֶת יָם כִּנֶּרֶת לְהָבִיא מִשָּׁם פֵּירוֹת גִּינוֹסַר תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the valley of those who pass along** The valley where people pass the Sea of Kinnereth to bring from there Genossar fruits regularly.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:11:3)

**קִדְמַת הַיָּם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״בְּמִדְנַח יָם גִּינוֹסַר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the east side of the sea** Jonathan renders: on the east of the Sea of Gennasar.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:11:4)

**וְחֹסֶמֶת הִיא אֶת הָעֹבְרִים.** וְסוֹגֶרֶת הִיא אֶת הָעוֹבְרִים, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא תַחְסֹם״ (דברים כה:ד), שֶׁרֹב פְּגָרִים שֶׁיִּפְּלוּ שָׁם יַחְדְּלוּ אֶת הָעוֹבְרִים מֵעֲבֹר, לְפִיכָךְ יַעַבְרוּ עֲלֵיהֶם וְיִקְבְּרוּ אוֹתָם; וּמְנַחֵם פֵּתְרוֹ בְּסִפְרוֹ: יַחְסְמוּ אֶת אַפָּם מִלְּהָרִיחַ רֵיחַ הַפְּגָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it will then stop those who pass along** [Heb. וְחֹסֶמֶת.] It closes off those who pass, like (Deut. 25: 4): “You shall not muzzle (לֹא תַחְסוֹם).” Because of the many corpses that will fall there, travelers will be prevented from passing through. Therefore, they will pass by them and bury them. Menachem (p. 91) interprets it in his book (Machbereth) to mean that they will close their nose so as not to smell the odor of the corpses.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:13:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:13:1)

**וְקָבְרוּ כָּל עַם הָאָרֶץ.** שֶׁמֵּתוּ שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They will bury all the people of the land** because they died there.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:13:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:13:2)

**וְהָיָה לָהֶם לְשֵׁם.** כָּל הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת יְסַפְּרוּ אֶת שְׁמָם לְשֶׁבַח וּלְחֶסֶד: אֵין לְךָ כְּאוּמָּה זוֹ רַחֲמָנִים; יֵשׁ לְךָ אָדָם שֶׁקּוֹבֵר אֶת אוֹיְבוֹ שֶׁעָמַד עָלָיו לְהָרְגוֹ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they will be renowned** All the nations will speak their name as praise and as a sign of kindness: “There are no nations as compassionate as this one; do you find a man who buries his enemy who rose up against him to kill him?”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:14:1)

**וְאַנְשֵׁי תָמִיד.** אֲנָשִׁים הַמּוּתְמָדִים לְכָךְ, **יַבְדִּילוּ** יִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּדֵי לַעֲבֹר **בָּאָרֶץ** לְלַקֵּט אֶת הַמְּפֻזָּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Men of continuous employment** Men designed to continuously devote themselves to this. Israel will separate out in order to [be able to] pass through the land and gather the scattered [corpses].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:14:2)

**מְקַבְּרִים אֶת הָעוֹבְרִים.** מְקַבְּרִים עִם הָעוֹבְרִים אֶת הַפְּגָרִים הַחוֹסְמִין וּמְעַכְּבִין אֶת הַמַּעֲבָר, שֶׁהָעוֹבְרִין אֶת הַיָּם מְקַבְּרִים אוֹתָם לַהֲנָאָתָם. **אֶת הָעוֹבְרִים** עַם הָעוֹבְרִים; כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**burying with those who pass through** Burying with (Heb. אֶת) those who pass through; the corpses (אֶת הַנוֹתָרִים) that will block off and hinder the crossing. Those who crossed the ocean will bury them for their own benefit. **with those who pass through** Heb. אֶת הַעֹבְרִים, with those who pass through. So I heard, and so did Jonathan render.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:14:3)

**אֶת הַנּוֹתָרִים עַל פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ.** רָחוֹק מִן הַמַּעֲבָר, שֶׁאֵין הָעוֹבְרִים אֶת הַיָּם מִתְעַסְּקִים בָּהֶם לְקָבְרָם, יִקְבְּרוּם אֵלֶּה הַמּוּתְמָדִים וּמוּבְדָּלִים לְכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who are left on the surface of the land** far from the crossing. Those who cross the sea will not occupy themselves with burying them. Those designated to devote themselves to this purpose will bury them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:14:4)

**מִקְּצֵה שִׁבְעָה חֳדָשִׁים.** יִכְלוּ מַרְבִּית הַפְּגָרִים הַנִּרְאִים לְעֵינָם לְהִקָּבֵר, וּמֵאָז וָהָלְאָה **יַחְקֹרוּ** בָּאָרֶץ בִּמְקוֹם הַמִּסְתָּרִים, בַּחוֹחִים וּבֵין הַקּוֹצִים, וְיִקְבְּרוּ מַה שֶּׁיִּמְצָאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the end of seven months** the majority of the corpses visible to the eye will have been buried; from then on they will probe through the land in the hidden places, in the briars and among the thorns, and bury whomever find.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:15:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:15:1)

**וְעָבְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בָּאָרֶץ.** הוֹלְכֵי דְרָכִים שֶׁיִּרְאוּ עֶצֶם אָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And when they that pass through the land shall pass** Wayfarers who see a human bone


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:15:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:15:2)

**וּבָנָה אֶצְלוֹ צִיּוּן.** סִימָן שֶׁיֵּשׁ כָּאן עֶצֶם שֶׁל מֵת, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּפְרְשׁוּ מִמֶּנּוּ הוֹלְכֵי דְרָכִים וְעוֹשֵׂי טָהֳרוֹת, **עַד** בֹּא אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּמִיד הַמֻּבְדָּלִים לַחְקֹר **וְקָבְרוּ אוֹתָן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
will construct a marker next to it as a sign that there is a bone of a dead body there, in order that wayfarers and those who prepare ritually pure food should stay away from it. **until** the men of continuous employment, designated to search, will come and bury it.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:16:1)

**וְגַם שֵׁם עִיר הֲמוֹנָה.** וְגַם הָעִיר שֶׁשְּׁמָהּ עִיר הוֹמִיָּה מֵרוֹב אָדָם, הִיא עִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה, גַּם הִיא – חֵיל יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ שָׁם יִקָּבְרוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah** And also the city whose name is “the city stirring with numerous people,” that is, the wicked city, the masses of its inhabitants will be buried there.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:16:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:16:2)

**וְטִהֲרוּ.** אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָרֶץ אֶת טָהֳרוֹתֵיהֶם וּתְרוּמוֹתֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Thus they shall purify the land** [i.e.,] Israel will purify their ritually pure foods and their terumoth in the Land.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:16:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:16:3)

**הֲמוֹנָה.** לֹא מַפִּיק הֵ״א, לְפִי שֶׁהֵ״א אַחֲרוֹנָה מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת שֵׁם דָּבָר; **הֲמוֹנָה** כְּמוֹ ״הוֹמִיָּה״ (ישעיה כב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hamonah** without a “mappiq hey” since the final “hey” serves as an adjective, for הֲמוֹנָה is like הוֹמִיָה, stirring.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:18:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:18:1)

**אֵילִים כָּרִים וְעַתּוּדִים פָּרִים.** מְלָכִים וְדוּכְּסִים שַׁלְטוֹנִין וְשָׂרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rams, lambs, he-goats, and bulls** kings and dukes, rulers, and princes.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:18:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:18:2)

**מְרִיאֵי בָשָׁן.** שׁוֹר שֶׁל פִּטָּם קָרוּי אַלמְרִ״י בִּלְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fatlings of Bashan** [Heb. מְרִיאִי בָשָּׁן,] An ox given to be fattened is called al meri in Arabic.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:21:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:21:1)

**אֶת מִשְׁפָּטִי.** אֶת פּוּרְעָנוּתִי; יוּשְׁטִיצָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My judgment** [Heb. מִשְׁפָּטִי,] My retribution, justize in Old French, judgment, punishment.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:23:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:23:1)

**וְיָדְעוּ הַגּוֹיִם כִּי בַעֲוֺנָם גָּלוּ בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל.** כְּשֶׁיִּרְאוּ אֶת גְּבוּרָתִי, יַכִּירוּ כִּי לֹא מִקֹּצֶר יָדִי הָיָה שֶׁלֹּא הוֹשַׁעְתִּים, אֶלָּא **בַּעֲוֺנָם** הִסְתַּרְתִּי **פָּנַי מֵהֶם** וְגָלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the nations will know that for their iniquity they were exiled** [i.e.,] the Children of Israel. When they see My might, they will recognize that it was not because of inability that I did not save them but because of their iniquity that I hid My face from them, and they were exiled.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:25:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:25:1)

**וְקִנֵּאתִי לְשֵׁם קָדְשִׁי.** וְלָבַשְׁתִּי קִנְאַת תְּשׁוּעָה וְנָקָם, לְמַעַן שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי, שֶׁלֹּא יִתְחַלֵּל עוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I shall be zealous for My Holy Name** And I donned the zeal of salvation and vengeance for the sake of My Holy Name, that it no longer be profaned.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:25:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:25:2)

**וְקִנֵּאתִי לְשֵׁם קָדְשִׁי.** בִּשְׁבִיל שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי; כְּמוֹ ״הַמְקַנֵּא אַתָּה לִי״ (במדבר יא:כט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I shall be zealous for My Holy Name** [Heb. לְשֵּׁם,] for the sake of My Holy Name, as in (Num. 11:29): “Are you jealous for my sake (הַמְקַנֵא אַתָּה לִי).”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:26:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:26:1)

**וְנָשׂוּ אֶת כְּלִמָּתָם.** בְּהֵיטִיבִי לָהֶם וְלֹא אֶגְמְלֵם כְּרָעָתָם, אָז יִשְׂאוּ כְּלִמָּתָם וְיֵבוֹשׁוּ מִלְּהָרִים פָּנִים. וּמְנַחֵם פֵּירֵשׁ וְנָשׂוּ כְּמוֹ ״אַשְׁרֵי נְשׂוּי פֶּשַׁע״ (תהלים לב:א), לְשׁוֹן כַּפָּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall bear their disgrace** When I do good to them and I do not recompense them according to their evil, they will bear the disgrace and be ashamed to lift up their faces. Menahem, however, explained וְנָשּׂוּי like (Ps. 32:1): “Praiseworthy is he whose transgression is forgiven (נְשּׂוּי),” an expression of atonement.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 39:28:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 39:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/39:28:1)

**וְלֹא אוֹתִיר.** אֶחָד מֵהֶם בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I shall no longer leave** one of them in exile.