The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:11 Explained

Ezekiel 47:11

KJV: But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

YLT: Its miry and its marshy places -- they are not healed; to salt they have been given up.

Darby: But its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

ASV: But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the miry places  thereof and the marishes  thereof shall not be healed;  they shall be given  to salt. 

What does Ezekiel 47:11 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 47:11 mean?

- But its swamps and marshes and not will be healed to salt they will be given over
[בצאתו] (בִּצֹּאתָ֧יו) וּגְבָאָ֛יו וְלֹ֥א יֵרָפְא֖וּ לְמֶ֥לַח נִתָּֽנוּ

[בצאתו]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲבַדֹּו 
Sense: place of destruction, destruction, ruin, Abaddon.
(בִּצֹּאתָ֧יו)  But  its  swamps 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בִּצָּה  
Sense: swamp, marsh.
וּגְבָאָ֛יו  and  marshes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גֶּבֶא  
Sense: cistern, pool.
וְלֹ֥א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יֵרָפְא֖וּ  will  be  healed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָפָא  
Sense: to heal, make healthful.
לְמֶ֥לַח  to  salt 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלַח  
Sense: salt.
נִתָּֽנוּ  they  will  be  given  over 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.