King James Version

Ezekiel 48:17

And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

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וְהָיָ֣הvehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, 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.מִגְרָשׁ֮migrashsuburbמִגְרָשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “suburb”, the ordinary formH4054a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the seacast out, suburb.לָעִיר֒lairto cityעִירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.צָפ֨וֹנָה֙tsafonahnorthצָפוֹןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםchamishimfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “fifty”, the ordinary formH2572fiftyfifty.וּמָאתַ֔יִםumatayimand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “and hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וְנֶ֖גְבָּהvenegbahand southנֶגֶבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “and south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםchamishimfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “fifty”, the ordinary formH2572fiftyfifty.וּמָאתָ֑יִםumatayimand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “and hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וְקָדִ֨ימָה֙veqadimahand eastקָדִיםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “and east”, the ordinary formH6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)east(-ward, wind).חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםchamishimfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “fifty”, the ordinary formH2572fiftyfifty.וּמָאתַ֔יִםumatayimand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “and hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וְיָ֖מָּהveyamahand seaיָםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “and sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםchamishimfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “fifty”, the ordinary formH2572fiftyfifty.וּמָאתָֽיִםumatayimand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, dual, absolute — “and hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the city shall have open land: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the suburb to the city hath been northward, fifty and two hundred, and southward, fifty and two hundred, and eastward, fifty and two hundred, and westward, fifty and two hundred.

World English Bible

The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.

Darby Translation

And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty [cubits], and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

Douay-Rheims

And the suburbs of the city shall be to the north two hundred and fifty, and to the south two hundred and fifty, and to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the sea two hundred and fifty.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and eastward two hundred and fifty, and westward two hundred and fifty.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται διάστημα τῇ πόλει πρὸς Βοῤῥᾶν διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα, καὶ πρὸς Νότον διακόσιοι καὶ πεντήκοντα, καὶ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς, διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα, καὶ πρὸς θάλασσαν διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα.