The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:8 Explained

Ezekiel 47:8

KJV: Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

YLT: And he saith unto me, 'These waters are going forth unto the east circuit, and have gone down unto the desert, and have entered the sea; unto the sea they are brought forth, and the waters have been healed.

Darby: And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters thereof shall be healed.

ASV: Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea'shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then said  he unto me, These waters  issue out  toward the east  country,  and go down  into the desert,  and go  into the sea:  [which being] brought forth  into the sea,  the waters  shall be healed. 

What does Ezekiel 47:8 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 47:8 mean?

And he said to me waters these flow toward the region eastern and goes down into the valley and enters the sea into the sea [when] [it] reaches - are healed [its] waters
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּ֤יִם הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ יוֹצְאִ֗ים אֶל־ הַגְּלִילָה֙ הַקַּדְמוֹנָ֔ה וְיָרְד֖וּ עַל־ הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה וּבָ֣אוּ הַיָּ֔מָּה אֶל־ הַיָּ֥מָּה הַמּֽוּצָאִ֖ים [ונרפאו] (וְנִרְפּ֥וּ) הַמָּֽיִם

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלַ֗י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַמַּ֤יִם  waters 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
יוֹצְאִ֗ים  flow 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
אֶל־  toward 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַגְּלִילָה֙  the  region 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גְּלִילָה  
Sense: circuit, boundary, territory.
הַקַּדְמוֹנָ֔ה  eastern 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: קַדְמֹון  
Sense: eastern.
וְיָרְד֖וּ  and  goes  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
עַל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה  the  valley 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.
וּבָ֣אוּ  and  enters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַיָּ֔מָּה  the  sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַיָּ֥מָּה  the  sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
הַמּֽוּצָאִ֖ים  [when]  [it]  reaches 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
[ונרפאו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
(וְנִרְפּ֥וּ)  are  healed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: רָפָא  
Sense: to heal, make healthful.
הַמָּֽיִם  [its]  waters 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.