And when the man
'iysh (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
that had the line
qav (kav)
a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord -- line.
in his hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
went forth
yatsa' (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
eastward
qadiym (kaw-deem')
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) -- east(-ward, wind).
he measured
madad (maw-dad')
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended -- measure, mete, stretch self.
a thousand
'eleph (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
cubits
'ammah (am-maw')
a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
and he brought me through
`abar (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
the waters
mayim (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
the waters
mayim (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
were to the ankles
'ephec (eh'-fes)
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
