The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:22 Explained

Ezekiel 47:22

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

YLT: and it hath come to pass, ye separate it for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst, and they have been to you as native, with the sons of Israel, with you they are separated for an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

Darby: And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel: with you shall they draw by lot inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

ASV: And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide  it by lot for an inheritance  unto you, and to the strangers  that sojourn  among  you, which shall beget  children  among  you: and they shall be unto you as born  in the country  among the children  of Israel;  they shall have  inheritance  with you among  the tribes  of Israel. 

What does Ezekiel 47:22 Mean?

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 47:22 mean?

And it shall be that you will divide by lot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the strangers who dwell among you and who bear children among you and they shall be to you as native-born among the sons of Israel with you they shall have an inheritance among the tribes of Israel
וְהָיָ֗ה תַּפִּ֣לוּ אוֹתָהּ֮ בְּנַחֲלָה֒ לָכֶ֗ם וּלְהַגֵּרִים֙ הַגָּרִ֣ים בְּתוֹכְכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־ הוֹלִ֥דוּ בָנִ֖ים בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם וְהָי֣וּ לָכֶ֗ם כְּאֶזְרָח֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִתְּכֶם֙ יִפְּל֣וּ בְנַחֲלָ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

וְהָיָ֗ה  And  it  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תַּפִּ֣לוּ  that  you  will  divide  by  lot 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בְּנַחֲלָה֒  as  an  inheritance 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
לָכֶ֗ם  for  yourselves 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
וּלְהַגֵּרִים֙  and  for  the  strangers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֵּר  
Sense: sojourner.
הַגָּרִ֣ים  who  dwell 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: גּוּר 
Sense: to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely.
בְּתוֹכְכֶ֔ם  among  you 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
אֲשֶׁר־  and  who 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הוֹלִ֥דוּ  bear 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בָנִ֖ים  children 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם  among  you 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
וְהָי֣וּ  and  they  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֗ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
כְּאֶזְרָח֙  as  native-born 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶזְרָח  
Sense: a native (one rising from the soil).
בִּבְנֵ֣י  among  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  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.
אִתְּכֶם֙  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
יִפְּל֣וּ  they  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בְנַחֲלָ֔ה  an  inheritance 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
שִׁבְטֵ֥י  the  tribes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  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.