New American Standard Bible 1995

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Ezekiel

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"By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"By the river torrent, torrent-valley, wadi Noun H5158 הַנַּ֣חַל han·na·chal
on its bank, lip, speech, edge Noun H8193 שְׂפָתֹ֣ו se·fa·tov
on one this, here Pronoun H2088 מִזֶּ֣ה miz·zeh
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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side and on the other, this, here Pronoun H2088 וּמִזֶּ֣ה u·miz·zeh
will grow to go up, ascend, climb Verb H5927 יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya·'a·leh
all the whole, all Noun H3605 כָּל־ kol-
[kinds of] trees tree, trees, wood Noun H6086 עֵֽץ־ etz-
for food. food Noun H3978 מַ֠אֲכָל ma·'a·chol
Their leaves leaf, leafage Noun H5929 עָלֵ֜הוּ a·le·hu
will not wither to sink or drop down, languish, fade Verb H5034 יִבֹּ֨ול yib·bo·vl
and their fruit fruit Noun H6529 פִּרְיֹ֗ו pir·yov
will not fail. to be complete or finished Verb H8552 יִתֹּ֣ם yit·tom
They will bear to bear new fruit, to constitute as first-born Verb H1069 יְבַכֵּ֔ר ye·vak·ker,
every month new moon, a month Noun H2320 לָֽחֳדָשָׁיו֙ la·cho·da·shav
because that, for, when Conjunction H3588 כִּ֣י ki
their water waters, water Noun H4325 מֵימָ֔יו mei·mav,
flows to go or come out Verb H3318 יֹֽוצְאִ֑ים yo·vtz·'im;
from the sanctuary, a sacred place, sanctuary Noun H4720 הַמִּקְדָּ֖שׁ ham·mik·dash
and their fruit fruit Noun H6529 פִרְיֹו֙ fir·yov
will be for food food Noun H3978 לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל le·ma·'a·chol,
and their leaves leaf, leafage Noun H5929 וְעָלֵ֖הוּ ve·'a·le·hu
for healing." a healing Noun H8644 לִתְרוּפָֽה׃ lit·ru·fah.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."
King James Bible "By And by the river upon the bank thereof, on its bank, on one this side and on the other, will that side, shall grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will meat, whose leaf shall not wither and their fade, neither shall the fruit will not fail. They will bear every month thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their water flows from waters they issued out of the sanctuary, sanctuary: and their the fruit will thereof shall be for food meat, and their leaves the leaf thereof for healing."medicine.
Hebrew Greek English "By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."