And the sideוּפְאַתof the south,נֶגְבָּהfour thousandוְאַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִיםfive hundredחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹתby measure,מִדָּהand threeוּ שְׁלֹשָׁהgates:שְׁעָרִיםthe gateשַׁעַרof Simeon,שִׁמְעוֹןone;אֶחָדthe gateשַׁעַרof Issachar,יִשָּׂשכָרone;אֶחָדthe gateשַׁעַרof Zebulun,זְבוּלֻןone.אֶחָד
Ezekiel 48:33
Study it in the app“And the side of the south, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 48:33, word by word
- And the sideפְאַתfeat
side
Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.
Where else “feat” appears- of the southנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” 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- by measureמִדָּהmida
measure
The size or measure of something.
Where else “mida” appears- and threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- gatesשְׁעָרִיםshearim
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shearim” appears- of Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshimon
Simeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- of Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyisashchar
Issachar
Issachar, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "wages".
Where else “yisashchar” appears- of Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzevulun
Zebulun
Zebulun, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land.
Where else “zevulun” appears
The context
32And on the side of the east, four thousand five hundred, and three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
33 · This verse (above)
34The side of the sea, four thousand five hundred, their gates three: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.