Ezekiel 47:3
when the man that had a cord in his hand went out to the east. And he meted a thousand cubits, and led me over through the water till to the heels.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קַוqava cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a music
- מָדַדmâdadproperly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figurativel
- קָדִיםqâdîymthe fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for
- אַמָּהʼammâhproperly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit;
- אֶלֶףʼelephhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a
- עָבַרʻâbarto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intr
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- יָצָאyâtsâʼto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figurati
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 40:3, Act 11:16–18, Rev 11:1, Act 2:4, Zec 2:1, Act 2:33, Luk 24:49, Act 10:45–46