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And you shall divideוְחִלַּקְתֶּםthis landהָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאתamong yourselvesלָכֶםaccording to the tribesלְשִׁבְטֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 47:21
Study it in the app“And you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 47:21, word by word
- And you shall divideחִלַּקְתֶּםchilaktem
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chilaktem” appears- this landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- according to the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
20And the side of the sea: the great sea, from the border to a point opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the side of the sea.
21 · This verse (above)
22And it shall be that you shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the resident aliens who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you; and they shall be to you like the native among the sons of Israel; with you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.