The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:20 Explained

Ezekiel 47:20

KJV: The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

YLT: And the west quarter is the great sea, from the border till over-against the coming in to Hamath: this is the west quarter.

Darby: And the west side shall be the great sea from the border, as far as over against the entering into Hamath: This is the west side.

ASV: And the west side shall be the great sea, from the'south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The west  side  also [shall be] the great  sea  from the border,  till a man come  over against  Hamath.  This [is] the west  side. 

What does Ezekiel 47:20 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The west border would be the Mediterranean Sea from the south border, the Brook of Egypt, to a point west of Lebo-hamath in the north.

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 47:20 mean?

And the side [shall] [be] west the Sea Great from the [southern] boundary until that to a point opposite one comes Hamath This [is] the side west
וּפְאַת־ יָם֙ הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּד֔וֹל מִגְּב֕וּל עַד־ נֹ֖כַח לְב֣וֹא חֲמָ֑ת זֹ֖את פְּאַת־ יָֽם

וּפְאַת־  And  the  side  [shall]  [be] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
יָם֙  west 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
הַיָּ֣ם  the  Sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
הַגָּד֔וֹל  Great 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
מִגְּב֕וּל  from  the  [southern]  boundary 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
עַד־  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
נֹ֖כַח  that 
Parse: Preposition
Root: נׄכַח  
Sense: be in front of adv.
לְב֣וֹא  to  a  point  opposite  one  comes 
Parse: Preposition, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
חֲמָ֑ת  Hamath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲמָת 
Sense: the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes.
זֹ֖את  This  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
פְּאַת־  the  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
יָֽם  west 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.

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