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Ezekiel 38:3

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Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,	And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:	And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And say^H559, Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog^H1463, the chief^H7218 prince^H5387 of Meshech^H4902 and Tubal^H8422:

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Original Hebrew

וְאָמַרְתָּ כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי אֵלֶיךָ גֹּוג נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אָ֣מַרְתָּ֔	ve./'A.mar.ta	H559	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will say
כֹּ֥ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַ֖ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
אֲדֹנָ֣/י	'a.do.Nai	H136	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	(the) Lord
יְהוִ֑ה	Yah.weh	H3069	HNp	Yahweh
הִנְ/נִ֤י	hi./Ni	H2005	HTm/Sp1cs	here/ I
אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙	'e.Lei./kha	H413	HR/Sp2ms	(am) against/ you
גּ֔וֹג	Gog	H1463	HNp	O Gog
נְשִׂ֕יא	ne.Si'	H5387	HNcmsc	(the) prince of
רֹ֖אשׁ	rosh	H7218	HNcmsc	(the) head of
מֶ֥שֶׁךְ	Me.shekh	H4902	HNp	Meshech
וְ/תֻבָֽל	ve./tu.Val	H8422	HC/Np	and/ Tubal

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H136 — אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'): an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1463 — גּוֹג (Gôwg, gohg): of uncertain derivation; Gog, the name of an Israelite, also of some nothern nation; Gog.
• H3069 — יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, yeh-ho-vee'): a variation of יְהֹוָה (used after אֲדֹנָי, and pronounced by Jews as אֱלֹהִים, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce יְהֹוָה as אֲדֹנָי); {YHWH}; God.
• H4902 — מֶשֶׁךְ (Meshek, meh'-shek): the same in form as מֶשֶׁךְ, but probably of foreign derivation; Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him; Mesech, Meshech.
• H5387 — נָשִׂיא (nâsîyʼ, naw-see'): or נָשִׂא; from נָשָׂא; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist; captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8422 — תּוּבַל (Tûwbal, too-bal'): or תֻּבַל; probably of foreign derivation; Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity; Tubal.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.

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