But ifוְכִיhe givesיִתֵּןa giftמַתָּנָהfrom his inheritanceמִנַּחֲלָתוֹto oneלְאַחַדof his servants,מֵעֲבָדָיוit shall beוְהָיְתָהhisלּוֹuntil the yearעַד שְׁנַתof liberty;הַדְּרוֹרthen it shall returnוְשָׁבַתto the chief;לַנָּשִׂיאonlyאַךְhis inheritanceנַחֲלָתוֹbelongs to his sons;בָּנָיוit shall beתִּהְיֶהtheirs.לָהֶם
Ezekiel 46:17
Study it in the app“But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty; then it shall return to the chief; only his inheritance belongs to his sons; it shall be theirs.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 46:17, word by word
- he givesיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- a giftמַתָּנָהmatana
gift
Gift, present.
Where else “matana” appears- from his inheritanceנַּחֲלָתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- to oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- it shall beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- until the yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- of libertyדְּרוֹרderor
liberty
Release for slaves and debtors.
Where else “deror” appears- then it shall returnשָׁבַתshavat
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavat” appears- to the chiefנָּשִׂיאnasi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appears- belongs to his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears
The context
16Thus says Adonai YHWH: If the chief gives a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance; it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
17 · This verse (above)
18And the chief shall not take from the inheritance of the people, oppressing them out of their possession; from his own possession he shall give inheritance to his sons, so that my people shall not be scattered, each from his possession.”