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Ezekiel 44:28

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

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וְהָיְתָ֤הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶם֙lahemtoלָהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלְֽנַחֲלָ֔הlenachalahto heritageנַחֲלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to heritage”, the ordinary formH5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portionheritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).אֲנִ֖יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.נַֽחֲלָתָ֑םnachalatamheritageנַחֲלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “heritage”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portionheritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).וַאֲחֻזָּ֗הvaachuzahand possessionאֲחֻזָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and possession”, the ordinary formH272something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)possession.לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִתְּנ֤וּtitnvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָהֶם֙lahemtoלָהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbeyisraelin Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֲנִ֖יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אֲחֻזָּתָֽםachuzatampossessionאֲחֻזָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “possession”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH272something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)possession.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it hath been to them for an inheritance; I [am] their inheritance: and a possession ye do not give to them in Israel; I [am] their possession.

World English Bible

“‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.

Darby Translation

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and no possession shall be given them among the children of Israel; for I am their possession.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται αὐτοῖς εἰς κληρονομίαν· ἐγὼ κληρονομία αὐτοῖς, καὶ κατάσχεσις αὐτοῖς οὐ δοθήσεται ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι ἐγὼ κατάσχεσις αὐτῶν.