Study it in the app“So I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and look, the belt was ruined; it was not good for anything.”
So I wentוָאֵלֵךְto the Euphrates,פְּרָתָהand dug,וָאֶחְפֹּרand tookוָאֶקַּחthe beltאֶת הָאֵזוֹרfrom the placeמִן הַמָּקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהI had hidden it;טְמַנְתִּיוand look,וְהִנֵּהthe beltהָאֵזוֹרwas ruined;נִשְׁחַתit was notלֹאgoodיִצְלַחfor anything.לַכֹּל
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appearsEuphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perata” appearsdig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “echpor” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appearsbelt, band
A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.
Where else “ezor” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearshide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “temanti” appearscorrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “nishchat” appearsprosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “yitslach” appearsEuphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
6And it happened at the end of many days that YHWH said to me: “Get up, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the belt that I commanded you to hide there.”
7 · This verse (above)
8And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
