Ezekiel 47:9
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כָל־khol-everyH3605נֶפֶשׁnefeshcreatureH5315חַיָּה׀chaiyahlivingH2416אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834יִשְׁרֹץyishrotzit swarmsH8317אֶל'eltoH413כָּל־kol-everyH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherwhereH834יָבוֹאyavo'it will goH935שָׁםshamthereH8033נַחֲלַיִםnachalayimtwo riversH5158יִחְיֶהyichyehit will liveH2421וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961הַדָּגָהhadagahthe fishH1710רַבָּהrabahmanyH7227מְאֹדme'odveryH3966כִּיkiforH3588בָאוּva'uthey have goneH935שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033הַמַּיִםhamayimthe watersH4325הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428וְיֵרָפְאוּveyerafe'uso they may be healedH7495וָחָיvachaiand it will liveH2421כֹּלkoleveryH3605אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whereH834יָבוֹאyavo'it will goH935שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033הַנָּחַל׃hanachalthe riverH5158
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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