The Meaning of Ezekiel 47:17 Explained

Ezekiel 47:17

KJV: And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

YLT: And the border from the sea hath been Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus, and Zaphon at the north, and the border of Hamath: and this is the north quarter.

Darby: And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath: this is the north side.

ASV: And the border from the sea, shall be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the border  from the sea  shall be Hazarenan,  the border  of Damascus,  and the north  northward,  and the border  of Hamath.  And [this is] the north  side. 

What does Ezekiel 47:17 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 47:17 mean?

Thus shall be the boundary from the Sea to Hazar Enan the border of Damascus and as for the north northward and it is the border of Hamath And [This] [is] the side north
וְהָיָ֨ה גְב֜וּל מִן־ הַיָּ֗ם חֲצַ֤ר עֵינוֹן֙ גְּב֣וּל דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְצָפ֥וֹן ׀ צָפ֖וֹנָה וּגְב֣וּל חֲמָ֑ת וְאֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת צָפֽוֹן

וְהָיָ֨ה  Thus  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.
גְב֜וּל  the  boundary 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
הַיָּ֗ם  the  Sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
עֵינוֹן֙  Hazar  Enan 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲצַר 
Sense: a city on the northeast border of Canaan; same as 2704.
גְּב֣וּל  the  border 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק  of  Damascus 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 
Sense: an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 30 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem.
וְצָפ֥וֹן ׀  and  as  for  the  north 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
צָפ֖וֹנָה  northward 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וּגְב֣וּל  and  it  is  the  border 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
חֲמָ֑ת  of  Hamath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲמָת 
Sense: the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes.
פְּאַ֥ת  [This]  [is]  the  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פֵּאָה 
Sense: corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity.
צָפֽוֹן  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.

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