Ezekiel 47 — Rabbi

Ezekiel 47:1

וַיְשִׁבֵנִי֮

shûwb

and — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again אֶל

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to פֶּ֣תַח

pethach

an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way הַבַּיִת֒

bayith

the — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) וְהִנֵּה

hinnêh

and — lo! מַ֣יִם

mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen יֹצְאִ֗ים

yâtsâʼ

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. מִתַּ֨חַת

tachath

from — the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc. מִפְתַּ֤ן

miphtân

a stretcher, i.e. a sill הַבַּ֨יִת֙

bayith

the — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) קָדִ֔ימָה

qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) כִּֽי

kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed פְנֵ֥י

pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) הַבַּ֖יִת

bayith

the — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) קָדִ֑ים

qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) וְהַמַּ֣יִם

mayim

and the — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen יֹרְדִ֗ים

yârad

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) מִתַּ֜חַת

tachath

from — the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc. מִכֶּ֤תֶף

kâthêph

from — the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything הַבַּ֨יִת֙

bayith

the — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) הַיְמָנִ֔ית

yᵉmânîy

the — right (i.e. at the right hand) מִנֶּ֖גֶב

negeb

from — the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine) לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

mizbêach

to/for — an altar

Ezekiel 47:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

Then he [my guide] brought me back to the door of the house [the temple of the Lord]; and behold,

Cross-Book Pattern

Shared "flow/go out" (yatsa) root, with an honest variant noted - Genesis names a "river" (nahar) issuing from Eden, while Ezekiel says "wat…water was flowing

Cross-Book Pattern

Shared "flow/go out" (yatsa) root, with an honest variant noted - Genesis names a "river" (nahar) issuing from Eden, while Ezekiel says "wat… from under the threshold of the house (temple) toward the east,

Cross-Book Pattern

Shared "flow/go out" (yatsa) root, with an honest variant noted - Genesis names a "river" (nahar) issuing from Eden, while Ezekiel says "wat… for the front of the temple was facing east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

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▦Ezekiel 47:1New

This river completes the book's Eden-restoration arc: a temple that began as measured stone now overflows with water that heals even the Dead Sea itself.

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

The river that "went out of Eden to water the garden," sharing the identical yatsa root now describing water flowing from the temple instead.

Revelation 22:1 completes this same river image, now sourced directly in the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Ezekiel 47:1 · WEB

He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

Genesis 2:10 · WEB

A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.

Revelation 22:1 · WEB

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Then he [my guide] brought me back to the door of the house [the temple of the Lord]; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house (temple) toward the east, for the front of the temple was facing east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.”

Ezekiel 47:1

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