The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:18 Explained

Ezekiel 47:18

KJV: And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

YLT: And the east quarter is from between Havran, and Damascus, and Gilead, and the land of Israel, to the Jordan; from the border over-against the eastern sea ye measure: and this is the east quarter.

Darby: And on the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead and the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea: this is the east side.

ASV: And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the east  side  ye shall measure  from  Hauran,  and from  Damascus,  and from  Gilead,  and from  the land  of Israel  [by] Jordan,  from the border  unto the east  sea.  And [this is] the east  side. 

What does Ezekiel 47:18 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The eastern border would run between the territories of Hauran and Damascus and then along the Jordan River between the land of Israel on the west and Gilead to the east. This boundary would continue south through the eastern (Dead) sea to the town of Tamar.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 47

1  The vision of the holy waters
6  The virtue of them
13  The borders of the land
22  The division of it by lot

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 47:18 mean?

And On the side east from between Hauran and Damascus and between Gilead and the land of Israel the along Jordan the border and along the of sea The eastern side you shall mark out and [This] [is] the side east
וּפְאַ֣ת קָדִ֡ים מִבֵּ֣ין חַוְרָ֣ן וּמִבֵּין־ דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩ וּמִבֵּ֨ין הַגִּלְעָ֜ד וּמִבֵּ֨ין אֶ֤רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן מִגְּב֛וּל עַל־ הַיָּ֥ם הַקַּדְמוֹנִ֖י תָּמֹ֑דּוּ וְאֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת קָדִֽימָה

וּפְאַ֣ת  And  On  the  side 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
קָדִ֡ים  east 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
מִבֵּ֣ין  from  between 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
חַוְרָ֣ן  Hauran 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַוְרָן  
Sense: a province of Palestine east of the Sea of Galilee; exact region uncertain but probably on the borders of the desert in the tetrarchy of Philip.
דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩  Damascus 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 
Sense: an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 30 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem.
וּמִבֵּ֨ין  and  between 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
הַגִּלְעָ֜ד  Gilead 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
אֶ֤רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  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.
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן  the  along  Jordan 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַרְדֵּן  
Sense: the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km).
מִגְּב֛וּל  the  border 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
עַל־  and  along 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַיָּ֥ם  the  of  sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
הַקַּדְמוֹנִ֖י  The  eastern  side 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קַדְמֹנִי  
Sense: former, ancient, eastern.
תָּמֹ֑דּוּ  you  shall  mark  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
פְּאַ֥ת  [This]  [is]  the  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
קָדִֽימָה  east 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.