Ezekiel 47:9

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 47:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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