The Meaning of Ezekiel 48:17 Explained

Ezekiel 48:17

KJV: And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

YLT: And the suburb to the city hath been northward, fifty and two hundred, and southward, fifty and two hundred, and eastward, fifty and two hundred, and westward, fifty and two hundred.

Darby: And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty cubits, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

ASV: And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the suburbs  of the city  shall be toward the north  two hundred  and fifty,  and toward the south  two hundred  and fifty,  and toward the east  two hundred  and fifty,  and toward the west  two hundred  and fifty. 

What does Ezekiel 48:17 Mean?

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 48:17 mean?

And shall be the common-land of the city to the north fifty [cubits] and two hundred and to the south fifty and two hundred and to the east and to the west fifty and two hundred
וְהָיָ֣ה מִגְרָשׁ֮ לָעִיר֒ צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתַ֔יִם וְנֶ֖גְבָּה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם וְקָדִ֙ימָה֙ וְיָ֖מָּה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמָאתָֽיִם

וְהָיָ֣ה  And  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.
מִגְרָשׁ֮  the  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
לָעִיר֒  of  the  city 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
צָפ֙וֹנָה֙  to  the  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  fifty  [cubits] 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וּמָאתַ֔יִם  and  two  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְנֶ֖גְבָּה  and  to  the  south 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וּמָאתָ֑יִם  and  two  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְקָדִ֙ימָה֙  and  to  the  east 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
וְיָ֖מָּה  and  to  the  west 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וּמָאתָֽיִם  and  two  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.

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