And twenty-fiveוַחֲמִשָּׁה וְעֶשְׂרִיםthousandאֶלֶףin lengthאֹרֶךְand tenוַעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםin widthרֹחַבshall be for the Levites,וְהָיָה לַלְוִיִּםthe ministersמְשָׁרְתֵיof the house,הַבַּיִתfor themלָהֶםas a possession:לַאֲחֻזָּהtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםchambers.לְשָׁכֹת
Ezekiel 45:5
Study it in the app“And twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, for them as a possession: twenty chambers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 45:5, word by word
- And twenty-fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- And twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- in lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- and tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- in widthרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- shall be for the Levitesהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- shall be for the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- the ministersמְשָׁרְתֵיmesharte
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “mesharte” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- as a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears- chambersלְשָׁכֹתleshachot
room, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appears
Translation note
“Twenty chambers” (עֶשְׂרִים לְשָׁכֹת): so the Hebrew reads; with almost the same letters it reads “cities to live in” (עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת).
The context
4It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to YHWH; and it shall be for them a place for houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
5 · This verse (above)
6And as the possession of the city you shall give five thousand in width and twenty-five thousand in length, corresponding to the holy contribution; it shall be for the whole house of Israel.