Lexicon
אֹ֫פֶס
o.phes
H0657B
H:N-M Hebrew

soles

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o.phes denotes the pair of soles reached by the measured water in Ezekiel’s vision.

The attested use identifies the two soles as the bodily point reached when the measured water comes to the ankles in Ezekiel 47:3.

Senses in use

  1. The pair of soles at ankle-deep water · dominant

    In Ezekiel 47:3, the masculine dual noun occurs in the measurement scene as the water reaches the ankles; the APB renders the verse, “brought me through water reaching the ankles.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 47:3, the APB presents the scene as water “reaching the ankles.” Its precise English equivalent for the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.

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