Ezekiel 47:9
Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
BSB
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ASV
And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
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29 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3605 → |
| נֶ֣פֶשׁ | Ne.fesh | creature | H5315 → |
| חַיָּ֣ה׀ | chai.Yah | living | H2416 → |
| אֲֽשֶׁר־ | 'asher- | which | H834 → |
| יִשְׁרֹ֡ץ | yish.Rotz | it swarms | H8317 → |
| אֶ֣ל | 'el | to | H413 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | 'a.Sher | where | H834 → |
| יָב֨וֹא | ya.Vo' | it will go | H935 → |
| שָׁ֤ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| נַחֲלַ֙יִם֙ | na.cha.La.yim | two rivers | H5158 → |
| יִֽחְיֶ֔ה | yich.Yeh | it will live | H2421 → |
| וְהָיָ֥ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| הַדָּגָ֖ה | ha.da.Gah | the fish | H1710 → |
| רַבָּ֣ה | ra.Bah | many | H7227 → |
| מְאֹ֑ד | me.'Od | very | H3966 → |
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → |
| בָ֨אוּ | Va.'u | they have gone | H935 → |
| שָׁ֜מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| הַמַּ֣יִם | ha.Ma.yim | the waters | H4325 → |
| הָאֵ֗לֶּה | ha.'E.leh | <the> these | H428 → |
| וְיֵרָֽפְאוּ֙ | ve.ye.ra.fe.'U | so they may be healed | H7495 → |
| וָחָ֔י | va.Chai | and it will live | H2421 → |
| כֹּ֛ל | kol | every | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | where | H834 → |
| יָ֥בוֹא | Ya.Vo' | it will go | H935 → |
| שָׁ֖מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| הַנָּֽחַל׃ | ha.Na.chal | the river | H5158 → |
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