וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖נִי (way·ya·‘ă·ḇi·rê·nî) in Ezekiel 47:4: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖נִי (way·ya·‘ă·ḇi·rê·nî) in Ezekiel 47:4
Source Word
The later H5674 row in Ezekiel 47:4 is token 9, וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖נִי, with the source label Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The later occurrence turns repetition into escalation: Ezekiel is conducted once more, and the next depth prepares the reader for water beyond his ability to cross.
How To Communicate It
Let token identity preserve the movement of the scene, then allow verse 5 and the river's later effects to govern the theological explanation.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Bind this route to token 9 and the waist-deep phrase, not the token-3 knee-deep clause.
- Rising depth is part of Ezekiel's vision and should not become a universal discipleship scale.
- The Hifil relation identifies guidance in this sentence, not the complete identity or meaning of the guide.
What Does The Label Mean?
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
This is the later of two matching forms in Ezekiel 47:4. Its place after the second measurement in the verse and before the waist-depth term binds it to the third guided passage, not the earlier knee-deep clause.
The verb completes verse 4's second internal measure-and-lead cycle by conducting Ezekiel through waist-deep water.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The token stands after the repeated measurement at positions 7-8 and before מָתְנָֽיִם, waist-deep.
The final crossable stage before Ezekiel encounters the uncrossable river in verse 5.
It repeats the guide's causative action with Ezekiel as participant while the adjacent depth term marks further increase.
It is not a duplicate route for token 3, and it does not teach a universal waist-deep stage of spiritual experience.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The token records the waist-deep passage and preserves the final measured crossing before the river becomes uncrossable.
Token-9 Hifil sequence form with first-person suffix. has the guide conduct Ezekiel through the waist-deep section. Attached to the second measurement inside verse 4 and the following waist-depth term. Governed by the third measure-and-lead cycle across verses 3-4. Accent, token position, and neighboring depth distinguish the form from token 3.
Why does this repeated verb require its own guide? It is a separate token after a separate measurement, and it conducts Ezekiel into waist-deep rather than knee-deep water.
Direct: The Hifil form with the first-person suffix directly supports the later and led me through in verse 4.
The same consonantal and morphological pattern occurs earlier in the verse, but the accents and one-based token positions differ. The waist-depth meaning comes from the adjacent noun, not from the verb's lexical range. The passage presents escalation, while its symbolic interpretation depends on the vision as a whole.
Duplicate morphology means duplicate record: Occurrence identity includes verse token and local attachment, which are different here. waist depth is a required spiritual achievement: The depth belongs to Ezekiel's narrated vision and is not a universal maturity metric. verb repetition interprets the river: The repeated action highlights progression; the rest of Ezekiel 47 describes the river's effects.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The later H5674 row in Ezekiel 47:4 is token 9, וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖נִי, with the source label Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs.
The lemma עָבַר describes passage across or through in many contexts. The causative form here is narrowed by the measuring man, Ezekiel's suffix, and the water-depth phrase.
A repeated measure precedes the verb, and waist-deep follows it. These neighbors distinguish token 9 from the first identical-looking verb in the verse.
Ezekiel experiences a third measured depth before the next thousand cubits reveal a river too deep to traverse on foot.
The rising water belongs to the prophetic portrayal of life flowing from the restored temple; the verbal form marks movement within that revelation rather than interpreting every image.
Contrast the two occurrences in verse 4 by their following words: token 3 leads into knee depth, while token 9 leads into waist depth and the threshold of verse 5's uncrossable river.
Do not collapse identical morphology into one witness or preach a required sequence of spiritual levels from the three body-depth terms.