to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)עָלַי֮
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsיַד
yâd
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]יְהוָה֒
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of Godוַיּוֹצִאֵ֤נִי
yâtsâʼ
and — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.בְר֨וּחַ֙
rûwach
in/with/by — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of Godוַיְנִיחֵ֖נִי
nûwach
and — to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)בְּת֣וֹךְ
tâvek
in/with/by — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreהַבִּקְעָ֑ה
biqʻâh
the — properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountainsוְהִ֖יא
hûwʼ
and — he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or areמְלֵאָ֥ה
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fullyעֲצָמֽוֹת
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Ezekiel 37:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
This vision closes the ch.34-37 hope-for-Israel section at its most vivid: national death itself is reversible, and the two-sticks sign-act extends that reversal to the kingdom's own ancient division.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.”
This vision closes the ch.34-37 hope-for-Israel section at its most vivid: national death itself is reversible, and the two-sticks sign-act extends that reversal to the kingdom's own ancient division.