וַאֲחֻזַּ֨ת הָעִ֜יר תִּתְּנ֗וּ חֲמֵ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ רֹ֔חַב וְאֹ֗רֶךְ חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ אֶ֔לֶף לְעֻמַּ֖ת תְּרוּמַ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ לְכָל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִהְיֶֽה׃
And the possession of the city you shall give five thousand in breadth, and twenty-five thousand in length, over against the offering of the holy portion; it shall be for all the house of Yisraʾel.
Morphology
- וַאֲחֻזַּת (va-aḥuzzat) – Root: אחז (ʾaḥaz); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun feminine singular construct; Translation: “and the possession of”; Notes: Refers to land or property assigned for a specific purpose, here the city’s allotted area.
- הָעִיר (ha-ʿir) – Root: עיר (ʿir); Form: Definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “the city”; Notes: Refers to the urban area designated within the land divisions.
- תִּתְּנוּ (tittenu) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural; Translation: “you shall give”; Notes: Command to assign or designate the city’s measured portion.
- חֲמֵשֶׁת (ḥameshet) – Root: חמשׁ (ḥamesh); Form: Numeral masculine singular construct; Translation: “five of”; Notes: Construct form used with “thousand” to indicate “five thousand.”
- אֲלָפִים (ʾalafim) – Root: אלף (ʾelef); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “thousands”; Notes: Combined with the previous word to indicate the breadth measurement “five thousand.”
- רֹחַב (roḥav) – Root: רחב (raḥav); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “breadth”; Notes: Refers to the east–west dimension of the city’s land portion.
- וְאֹרֶךְ (ve-ʾorekh) – Root: ארך (ʾarakh); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun masculine singular; Translation: “and length”; Notes: Refers to the north–south dimension of the measured portion.
- חֲמִשָּׁה (ḥamishah) – Root: חמשׁ (ḥamesh); Form: Numeral masculine singular; Translation: “five”; Notes: The first component of the compound numeral “twenty-five thousand.”
- וְעֶשְׂרִים (ve-ʿesrim) – Root: עשרים (ʿesrim); Form: Conjunction וְ + numeral masculine plural; Translation: “and twenty”; Notes: Together with “five” forms the compound “twenty-five.”
- אֶלֶף (ʾelef) – Root: אלף (ʾelef); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “thousand”; Notes: Completes the numerical measurement “twenty-five thousand.”
- לְעֻמַּת (le-ummat) – Root: עמת (ʿamat); Form: Preposition לְ + noun feminine singular; Translation: “over against” or “adjacent to”; Notes: Indicates proximity or alignment with another area, here the holy portion.
- תְּרוּמַת (terumat) – Root: רום (rum); Form: Noun feminine singular construct; Translation: “the offering of”; Notes: Refers to the designated holy portion lifted up or set apart for YHWH.
- הַקֹּדֶשׁ (ha-qodesh) – Root: קדשׁ (qadash); Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the holy portion”; Notes: Refers to the sacred allotment dedicated to priestly and temple service.
- לְכָל־ (le-khol) – Root: כל (kol); Form: Preposition לְ + noun masculine singular; Translation: “for all”; Notes: Denotes inclusiveness, referring to the entire community.
- בֵּית (beit) – Root: בית (bayit); Form: Noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “house of”; Notes: Construct form connecting to “Yisraʾel,” meaning “household” or “family of.”
- יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisraʾel) – Root: ישראל (Yisraʾel); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yisraʾel”; Notes: Refers collectively to the people or nation of YHWH’s covenant community.
- יִהְיֶה (yihyeh) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “it shall be”; Notes: Indicates designation of the city’s land as a communal possession for all of Yisraʾel.