וַיּוֹלִכֵ֥נִי (way·yō·w·li·ḵê·nî) in Ezekiel 47:6: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular

Hifil

Consecutive imperfect

Third

Masculine

Singular

Conj-w

First person common singular

The causative form presents the guide as leading the first-person speaker after asking whether he has seen the river. The next H7725 token supplies the return movement rendered back, so H1980 should remain limited to the leading action.

This form turns Ezekiel from viewing the uncrossable river toward a guided return to its bank, where he will see the trees.

The verb follows the guide's question to Ezekiel and precedes וַיְשִׁבֵ֖נִי, the separate action that supplies back.

The transition from the river's uncrossable depth to observation from its bank.

It presents the guide conducting Ezekiel, marked by the first-person suffix, as the scene changes from crossing attempts to what the prophet sees beside the river.

It does not itself mean return, describe Ezekiel's moral conduct, or interpret the river's life-giving effects.

High: The form initiates the guided move to the riverbank, where Ezekiel's attention turns from depth to the life along the river.

Hifil sequence form with first-person participant suffix. causes Ezekiel to go before the next verb specifies return. Attached to the guide as subject and Ezekiel as the person led. Governed by the do-you-see question and the ensuing return-to-bank sequence. The English direction back belongs to the adjacent H7725 form.

Does H1980 itself say that Ezekiel was led back? It says the guide led him; the next Hebrew verb supplies the return movement translated back.

Direct: The form directly supports Then he led me, with the following token completing led me back.

H1980 can describe a way of life, but this clause concerns physical relocation in a vision. The first-person suffix identifies Ezekiel as participant without specifying the destination. English combines two Hebrew actions compactly, so source-row boundaries matter.

H1980 alone means lead back: Assign led me to H1980 and back to the following H7725 witness. every walking lexeme is ethical: The surrounding riverbank nouns and motion sequence make this occurrence physical. causative form identifies the guide theologically: The stem establishes the participant relation; the vision must establish identity.

Ezekiel 47:6 token 6 is וַיּוֹלִכֵ֥נִי, H1980, parsed Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs and aligned with Then he led me.

הָלַךְ often names going or walking and can carry ethical imagery elsewhere. In this Hifil occurrence, the clause presents one participant leading another physically.

The third-person guide causes first-person Ezekiel to go; token 7 then adds the return movement, and the following nouns identify the bank of the river.

After the water becomes impassable and the guide asks whether Ezekiel sees, the prophet is brought back to the bank to observe abundant trees and the river's life-giving course.

The action serves the prophetic unveiling of restoration by positioning Ezekiel to see what the river produces; H1980's broader walk metaphor is not the point of this token.

Show readers how adjacent Hebrew verbs divide the English phrase: this form gives led me, and the next gives back. Then follow Ezekiel's changed vantage point into verse 7.

Do not assign the return sense to H1980 alone or turn this physical guidance into a claim about moral walking without textual support.