The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:7 Explained

Ezekiel 47:7

KJV: Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

YLT: In my turning back, then, lo, at the edge of the stream are very many trees, on this side and on that side.

Darby: When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

ASV: Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now when I had returned,  behold, at the bank  of the river  [were] very  many  trees  on the one side and on the other. 

What does Ezekiel 47:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 47

1  The vision of the holy waters
6  The virtue of them
13  The borders of the land
22  The division of it by lot

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 47:7 mean?

When I returned and there along the bank of the river [were] trees many very on this [side] and on this [side]
בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי וְהִנֵּה֙ אֶל־ שְׂפַ֣ת הַנַּ֔חַל עֵ֖ץ רַ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד מִזֶּ֖ה וּמִזֶּֽה

בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי  When  I  returned 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
וְהִנֵּה֙  and  there 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אֶל־  along 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
שְׂפַ֣ת  the  bank 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
הַנַּ֔חַל  of  the  river 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַחַל 
Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
עֵ֖ץ  [were]  trees 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
רַ֣ב  many 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
מְאֹ֑ד  very 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
מִזֶּ֖ה  on  this  [side] 
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
וּמִזֶּֽה  and  on  this  [side] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.

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