And these shall beוְאֵלֶּהits measurements:מִדּוֹתֶיthe north side,הָ פְּאַת צָפוֹןfour thousandאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִיםfive hundred;חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וְand the south side,וּפְאַת נֶגֶבfour thousandוְאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִיםfive hundred;חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹתand on the east side,וּמִפְּאַת קָדִיםfour thousandוְאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִיםfive hundred;חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹתand the sideוּפְאַתof the sea,יָמָּהfour thousandוְאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִיםfive hundred.חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת
Ezekiel 48:16
Study it in the app“And these shall be its measurements: the north side, four thousand five hundred; and the south side, four thousand five hundred; and on the east side, four thousand five hundred; and the side of the sea, four thousand five hundred.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 48:16, word by word
- its measurementsמִדּוֹתֶיmidote
measure
The size or measure of something.
Where else “midote” appears- the north sideפְּאַתpeat
side
Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.
Where else “peat” appears- the north sideצָפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- four thousandאַרְבַּעַתarbaat
four
Four.
Where else “arbaat” appears- four thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- five hundredחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- five hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- and the south sideנֶגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears- and on the east sideקָדִיםkadim
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadim” appears- of the seaיָמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And there shall be pastureland for the city: to the north two hundred and fifty, and to the south two hundred and fifty, and to the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the sea two hundred and fifty.