And it will beוְהָיָהthat everyכָלliving beingנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּהthatאֲשֶׁרswarmsיִשְׁרֹץwhereverאֶל כָּל אֲשֶׁרthe two torrentsנַחֲלַיִםgoיָבוֹאthereשָׁםwill live;יִחְיֶהand there will beוְהָיָהvery manyרַבָּה מְאֹדfish,הַדָּגָהforכִּיthis waterהַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּהgoesבָאוּthere,שָׁמָּהand the waters will be healed,וְיֵרָפְאוּand everythingוָ כֹּלwill liveחָיwhereverאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהthe torrentהַנָּחַלgoes.יָבוֹא
Ezekiel 47:9
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 47:9, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- living beingנֶפֶשׁnefesh
living being
Something alive that breathes, person or animal.
Where else “nefesh” appears- living beingחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- swarmsיִשְׁרֹץyishrots
swarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “yishrots” appears- the two torrentsנַחֲלַיִםnachalayim
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachalayim” appears- goיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- will liveיִחְיֶהyichye
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichye” appears- very manyרַבָּהraba
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “raba” appears- very manyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- fishדָּגָהdaga
fish
Fish; everything that lives in the water (a collective word).
Where else “daga” appears- this waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and the waters will be healedיֵרָפְאוּyerafu
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yerafu” appears- will liveחָיchay
live
Live.
Where else “chay” appears
Translation note
“The two torrents”: the Hebrew uses the dual form; perhaps the river divides (Zechariah 14:8).
The context
8And 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And it will be that fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim; there will be a place for spreading nets; according to its kinds will be their fish, like the fish of the great sea, very many.