The Meaning of Ezekiel 45:6 Explained

Ezekiel 45:6

KJV: And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

YLT: And of the possession of the city ye give five thousand of breadth, and of length five and twenty thousand, over-against the heave-offering of the holy portion: to all the house of Israel it is.

Darby: And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and five and twenty thousand in length, alongside of the holy heave-offering: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

ASV: And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall appoint  the possession  of the city  five  thousand  broad,  and five  and twenty  thousand  long,  over against  the oblation  of the holy  [portion]: it shall be for the whole house  of Israel. 

What does Ezekiel 45:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Another parcel of land25 ,000 by5 ,000 cubits (about83miles by17 miles), apparently immediately to the south, would contain the city of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites would have access to it. Later Ezekiel clarified that the city itself would occupy the center of this portion of land, and suburbs, or city lands, would flank it on the east and west (cf. Ezekiel 48:15; Ezekiel 48:17-19).

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 45

1  The portion of land for the sanctuary
6  for the city
7  and for the prince
9  Ordinances for the prince

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 45:6 mean?

And as the property of the city You shall appoint [an] [area] five thousand [cubits] wide and long five and twenty thousand adjacent to the district of the holy [section] to whole the house of Israel it shall belong
וַאֲחֻזַּ֨ת הָעִ֜יר תִּתְּנ֗וּ חֲמֵ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ רֹ֔חַב וְאֹ֗רֶךְ חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ אֶ֔לֶף לְעֻמַּ֖ת תְּרוּמַ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ לְכָל־ בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִהְיֶֽה

וַאֲחֻזַּ֨ת  And  as  the  property 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
הָעִ֜יר  of  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
תִּתְּנ֗וּ  You  shall  appoint 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
חֲמֵ֤שֶׁת  [an]  [area]  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אֲלָפִים֙  thousand  [cubits] 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
רֹ֔חַב  wide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
וְאֹ֗רֶךְ  and  long 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
אֶ֔לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
לְעֻמַּ֖ת  adjacent  to 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: עֻמָּה  
Sense: juxtaposition.
תְּרוּמַ֣ת  the  district 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תְּרוּמָה  
Sense: contribution, offering.
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  holy  [section] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
לְכָל־  to  whole 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בֵּ֥ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יִהְיֶֽה  it  shall  belong 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.

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