וְאֵ֖לֶּה תֹּוצְאֹ֣ת הָעִ֑יר מִפְּאַ֣ת צָפֹ֔ון חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֛ות וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים מִדָּֽה׃
And these are the measurements of the city: from the north side, five hundred and four thousand in measure.
Morphology
- וְאֵלֶּה (ve-ʾelleh) – Root: אלה (ʾelleh); Form: Conjunction וְ + demonstrative pronoun plural; Translation: “and these”; Notes: Introduces a new section describing the city’s dimensions.
- תֹּוצְאֹת (totsʾot) – Root: יצא (yatsaʾ); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “goings out” or “measurements”; Notes: Here used in the sense of the city’s boundary extents or dimensions.
- הָעִיר (ha-ʿir) – Root: עיר (ʿir); Form: Definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “the city”; Notes: Refers to the sacred or central city described in Ezekiel’s visionary layout.
- מִפְּאַת (mi-peʾat) – Root: פאה (peʾah); Form: Preposition מִן + noun feminine singular construct; Translation: “from the side of”; Notes: Introduces the orientation of the measurement, specifying the directional border.
- צָפֹון (tsafon) – Root: צפון (tsafon); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “north”; Notes: Designates the northern side of the city, from which the measurement is taken.
- חֲמֵשׁ (ḥamesh) – Root: חמשׁ (ḥamesh); Form: Numeral feminine singular; Translation: “five”; Notes: The first numeral in the total measurement.
- מֵאֹות (meʾot) – Root: מאה (meʾah); Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “hundred”; Notes: Combined with “five” to form the numeral “five hundred.”
- וְאַרְבַּעַת (ve-arbaʿat) – Root: ארבע (ʾarbaʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + numeral masculine construct; Translation: “and four of”; Notes: Continues the description of the city’s dimension total.
- אֲלָפִים (ʾalafim) – Root: אלף (ʾelef); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “thousand”; Notes: Refers to the remaining portion of the city’s northern measurement—“four thousand.”
- מִדָּה (middah) – Root: מדד (madad); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “measure” or “measurement”; Notes: Indicates the unit or act of measurement; the term concludes the description of the city’s dimension on the north side.