Yehezkiel 37:5-6

37:5 This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath ¹  into you and you will live. 37:6 I will put tendons ²  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath ³  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 37:8

37:8 As I watched, I saw ⁴  tendons on them, then muscles appeared, ⁵  and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath ⁶  in them.

Yehezkiel 37:10

37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

[37:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I am about to bring a spirit.”

[37:6]  ² tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

[37:6]  ³ tn Or “a spirit.”

[37:8]  ⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[37:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “came up.”

[37:8]  ⁶ tn Or “spirit.”