And he brought me backוַיְשִׁבֵנִיto the entranceאֶל פֶּתַחof the house,הַבַּיִתand look,וְהִנֵּהwaterמַיִםwas coming outיֹצְאִיםfrom underמִתַּחַתthe thresholdמִפְתַּןof the houseהַבַּיִתeastward,קָדִימָהforכִּיthe frontפְנֵיof the houseהַבַּיִתfaced east;קָדִיםand the waterוְהַמַּיִםwas going downיֹרְדִיםfrom underמִתַּחַתthe rightהַיְמָנִיתsideמִכֶּתֶףof the house,הַבַּיִתsouthמִנֶּגֶבof the altar.לַמִּזְבֵּחַ
Ezekiel 47:1
Study it in the app“And he brought me back to the entrance of the house, and look, water was coming out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced east; and the water was going down from under the right side of the house, south of the altar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 47:1, word by word
- And he brought me backיְשִׁבֵyeshive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yeshive” appears- to the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- was coming outיֹצְאִיםyotsim
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotsim” appears- the thresholdמִפְתַּןmiftan
threshold
Threshold: the stone or wooden piece on the floor of a doorway.
Where else “miftan” appears- eastwardקָדִימָkadima
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadima” appears- the frontפְנֵיfene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “fene” appears- was going downיֹרְדִיםyordim
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yordim” appears- the rightיְמָנִיתyemanit
right (side)
Right, on the right-hand side.
Where else “yemanit” appears- sideכֶּתֶףketef
side
The side part of something: the flank of a house or hill.
Where else “ketef” appears- southנֶּגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears- of the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around by way of the outside to the outer gate by way of the one that faces east; and look, water was trickling out from the right side.