What Does Ezekiel 47:2 Mean in the King James?
Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The water’s first sign is not a river but an emergence: the guided detour brings a small flow at the house’s side into view.
THE MEANING
You are led along an outer route to the east-facing gate, where water trickles from the house’s right side. The flow is already present at the edge of the sanctuary, and the detour brings it into view.
THE ROOT
וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי
wayyotsi'eni
GROWS FROM
יצא
To go out, come forth, or emerge; in this form, to bring someone out.
“brought me out” in this verse is wayyotsi'eni. The guide’s first action is bringing the seer out, and this root also supplies words for an exit and an outlet. The water’s verb here is different, but the shared language of emergence echoes the scene: the seer is brought outward to where the trickle comes forth.
ALSO GROWS
motsa': An outlet, source, or place of going out.
מוֹצָא
This branch names a point of emergence, echoing the outer place where the water comes into view.
yetsi'ah: A going out or exit.
יְצִיאָה
It keeps the movement concrete: the seer is taken along an outward route toward the flow.
THE PATTERN
Life-giving water moves outward from the dwelling of God, turning its source into provision for what lies beyond.
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.THE THREAD
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.The preceding verse locates the source beneath the house’s threshold; this verse carries the seer around to the outer, east-facing gate and the house’s right side. Together they map the water’s emergence from the hidden threshold to a visible trickle.
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