Commentary for Ezekiel 47:11
בצאתו [בִּצֹּאתָ֧יו] וּגְבָאָ֛יו וְלֹ֥א יֵרָפְא֖וּ לְמֶ֥לַח נִתָּֽנוּ׃
But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.
Rashi on Ezekiel
Its marshes [The marshes] of the sea, as in (Job 8:11): “Can papyrus shoot up without a marsh (בִצָה)?” This is maresc in Old French, a marsh.
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and its pools [Heb. וּגְבָאָיו,] like (II Kings 3:16): “This valley will be full of pools.” The בִּצִים are the marshes around it, and the גֵבִים are ditches in which water is gathered.
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will not be healed to be turned sweet. Why? Because “they will be set aside for salt [mines].”
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