Ezekiel 45:2

“Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred by five hundred, square all around; and fifty cubits of pastureland it shall have all around.”

Ezekiel 45:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 45:2, word by word

there shall beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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for the holy placeקֹּדֶשׁkodesh

sanctuary

The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.

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five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh

five

Five.

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five hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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squareמְרֻבָּעmeruba

square

Square, with four equal sides.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

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cubitsאַמָּהama

cubit

About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.

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of pasturelandמִגְרָשׁmigrash

pasturelands

Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.

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The context

1“And when you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart a contribution to YHWH, a holy portion from the land: the length, twenty-five thousand in length, and the width, ten thousand; it shall be holy throughout its territory all around.

2 · This verse (above)

3And from this measured area you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand and a width of ten thousand; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

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