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And they shall notוְלֹאsellיִמְכְּרוּany of it,מִמֶּנּוּnorוְלֹאexchange it,יָמֵרnor transferוְלֹא יַעֲבִירthe first partרֵאשִׁיתof the land,הָאָרֶץforכִּיit is holyקֹדֶשׁto YHWH.לַיהוָה
Ezekiel 48:14
Study it in the app“And they shall not sell any of it, nor exchange it, nor transfer the first part of the land, for it is holy to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 48:14, word by word
- sellיִמְכְּרוּyimkru
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “yimkru” appears- exchange itיָמֵרyamer
substitute
To put one thing in place of another.
Where else “yamer” appears- nor transferיַעֲבִירyaavir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaavir” appears- the first partרֵאשִׁיתreshit
best
The best of something, what is set apart for its quality.
Where else “reshit” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- it is holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears
The context
13And the Levites shall have, corresponding to the border of the priests, twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width; the whole length twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.
14 · This verse (above)
15And the five thousand that remain in width in front of the twenty-five thousand, it is common land for the city, for dwelling and for pastureland; and the city shall be in its midst.