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Ezekiel 47:7

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

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בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִיbeshuveniin againשׁוּבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in again”, the to-form of the verbH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…וְהִנֵּה֙vehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).שְׂפַ֣תsefatlanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.הַנַּ֔חַלhanachalthe brookנַחַלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the brook”, the ordinary formH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.עֵ֖ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.רַ֣בravaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…מְאֹ֑דmeodespeciallyמְאֹדadverb — “especially”H3966properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.מִזֶּ֖הmizehfrom the one...the otherזֶהpreposition, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “from the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…וּמִזֶּֽהumizehand from the one...the otherזֶהconjunction, preposition, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “and from the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now when I had been brought back, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And when I had turned myself, behold on the bank of the torrent were very many trees on both sides.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now when I had been brought back, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

as I returned; and, behold, on the brink of the river there were very many trees on this side and on that side.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ μου· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ δένδρα πολλὰ σφόδρα ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν.