The Meaning of Ezekiel 48:20 Explained

Ezekiel 48:20

KJV: All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

YLT: All the heave-offering is five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, square do ye lift up the heave-offering of the holy portion with the possession of the city.

Darby: The whole heave-offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy heave-offering foursquare with the possession of the city.

ASV: All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation four-square, with the possession of the city.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the oblation  [shall be] five  and twenty  thousand  by five  and twenty  thousand:  ye shall offer  the holy  oblation  foursquare,  with the possession  of the city. 

What does Ezekiel 48:20 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The total holy allotment would be25 ,000 cubits (83miles) square including the city and its adjacent lands as well as the territories for the Levites and Zadokites. This is an area of almost70 square miles.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 48

1  The portions of the twelve tribes;
8  of the sanctuary;
15  of the city and suburbs;
21  and of the prince
23  The portions of the twelve tribes
30  The dimensions and gates of the city

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 48:20 mean?

Entire the district [shall] [be] five and twenty thousand [cubits] by five and twenty thousand [cubits] foursquare You shall set apart - district the holy with the property of the city
כָּל־ הַתְּרוּמָ֗ה חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ אֶ֔לֶף בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף רְבִיעִ֗ית תָּרִ֙ימוּ֙ אֶת־ תְּרוּמַ֣ת הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ אֶל־ אֲחֻזַּ֖ת הָעִֽיר

כָּל־  Entire 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַתְּרוּמָ֗ה  the  district  [shall]  [be] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּרוּמָה  
Sense: contribution, offering.
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  [cubits] 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה  by  five 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
אָ֑לֶף  thousand  [cubits] 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
רְבִיעִ֗ית  foursquare 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: רְבִיעִי 
Sense: fourth.
תָּרִ֙ימוּ֙  You  shall  set  apart 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
תְּרוּמַ֣ת  district 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תְּרוּמָה  
Sense: contribution, offering.
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ  the  holy 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
אֲחֻזַּ֖ת  the  property 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
הָעִֽיר  of  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.

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