Ezekiel 47:8

“And he said to me, “This water goes out toward the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah, and will enter the sea; into the sea of the waters brought out, and the water will be healed.”

Ezekiel 47:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 47:8, word by word

And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
“This waterמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
goes outיוֹצְאִיםyotsim

go out

To go out of a place.

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toward the easternקַּדְמוֹנָהkadmona

eastern

Eastern.

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regionגְּלִילָהgelila

region

Region, district.

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and will go downיָרְדוּyardu

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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into the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava

Arabah

The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.

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and will enterבָאוּvau

enter

To go into a place.

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the seaיָּמָּyama

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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will be healedנִרְפּוּnirpu

heal

To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.

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Translation note

“The sea”: the Dead Sea.

The context

7When I returned, look, on the bank of the torrent there were very many trees on one side and on the other.

8 · This verse (above)

9And it will be that every living being that swarms wherever the two torrents go there will live; and there will be very many fish, for this water goes there, and the waters will be healed, and everything will live wherever the torrent goes.

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