The Meaning of Ezekiel 46:5 Explained

Ezekiel 46:5

KJV: And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

YLT: And the present is an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs a present, the gift of his hand, and of oil a hin for an ephah.

Darby: And the oblation shall be an ephah for a ram, and the oblation for the lambs as he shall be able to give; and oil, a hin for an ephah.

ASV: and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the meat offering  [shall be] an ephah  for a ram,  and the meat offering  for the lambs  as he shall be able  to give,  and an hin  of oil  to an ephah. 

What does Ezekiel 46:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 46

1  Ordinances for the prince in his worship
9  and for the people
16  An order for the prince's inheritance
19  The courts for boiling and baking

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 46:5 mean?

And the grain offering [shall] [be] [one] ephah for a ram and for the lambs the grain offering a gift of his hand and as well as oil a hin of with every ephah
וּמִנְחָה֙ אֵיפָ֣ה לָאַ֔יִל וְלַכְּבָשִׂ֥ים מִנְחָ֖ה מַתַּ֣ת יָד֑וֹ וְשֶׁ֖מֶן הִ֥ין לָאֵיפָֽה

וּמִנְחָה֙  And  the  grain  offering  [shall]  [be] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
אֵיפָ֣ה  [one]  ephah 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵיפָה  
Sense: ephah.
לָאַ֔יִל  for  a  ram 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
וְלַכְּבָשִׂ֥ים  and  for  the  lambs 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּבֶשׂ  
Sense: lamb, sheep, young ram.
מִנְחָ֖ה  the  grain  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
מַתַּ֣ת  a  gift 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַתַּת  
Sense: gift, reward.
יָד֑וֹ  of  his  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְשֶׁ֖מֶן  and  as  well  as  oil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
הִ֥ין  a  hin 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הִין  
Sense: hin.
לָאֵיפָֽה  of  with  every  ephah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵיפָה  
Sense: ephah.