Ezekiel 47:12

“And by the torrent will grow up, on its bank, on one side and on the other, every tree for food; its leaf will not wither, nor will its fruit fail; every month it will bear new fruit, for its water goes out from the sanctuary; and its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for medicine.””
Ezekiel 47:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And by the torrentוְעַל הַנַּחַלwill grow up,יַעֲלֶהon its bank,עַל שְׂפָתוֹon one sideמִזֶּהand on the other,וּמִזֶּהeveryכָּלtreeעֵץfor food;מַאֲכָלits leafעָלֵהוּwill notלֹאwither,יִבּוֹלnorוְלֹאwill its fruitפִּרְיוֹfail;יִתֹּםevery monthלָחֳדָשָׁיוit will bear new fruit,יְבַכֵּרforכִּיits waterמֵימָיוgoes outהֵמָּה יוֹצְאִיםfrom the sanctuary;מִן הַמִּקְדָּשׁand its fruitוְהָיָה פִרְיוֹwill be for food,לְמַאֲכָלand its leafוְעָלֵהוּfor medicine.”לִתְרוּפָה

Allusion · Revelation 22:2

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Both texts describe trees beside the river that bear fruit every month and whose leaves serve for healing.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

עֵץetsH6086ξύλονxylonG3586“tree, wood”
פִּרְיpiryH6529καρποὺςkarpousG2590“fruit”
חֳדָשָׁיjodashayH2320μῆναmēnaG3375“month, new moon”
עָלֵaleH5929φύλλαphyllaG5444“leaf”

Ezekiel 47:12, word by word

And by the torrentנַּחַלnachal

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

Where else “nachal” appears

will grow upיַעֲלֶהyaale

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

Where else “yaale” appears

on its bankשְׂפָתsefat

edge

The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.

Where else “sefat” appears

treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

Where else “ets” appears

for foodמַאֲכָלmaachal

food

Food.

Where else “maachal” appears

its leafעָלֵale

leaf

Leaf; foliage.

Where else “ale” appears

witherיִבּוֹלyibol

wither

To dry up like a leaf, or lose strength.

Where else “yibol” appears

will its fruitפִּרְיpiry

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

Where else “piry” appears

failיִתֹּםyitom

end

To be over, reach its close.

Where else “yitom” appears

every monthחֳדָשָׁיchodashay

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodashay” appears

it will bear new fruitיְבַכֵּרyevaker

bear new fruit

Yield an early crop again.

Where else “yevaker” appears

its waterמֵימָיmemay

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “memay” appears

goes outיוֹצְאִיםyotsim

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yotsim” appears

from the sanctuaryמִּקְדָּשׁmikdash

sanctuary

Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.

Where else “mikdash” appears

and its fruitהָיָהhaya

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears

for medicineתְרוּפָהterufa

healing

Medicine, healing.

Where else “terufa” appears

Translation note

See Revelation 22:1-2.

The context

11Its swamps and its marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.

12 · This verse (above)

13Thus says Adonai YHWH: This is the border by which you shall take as inheritance the land for the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions.

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