Ezekiel 47:20

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
west	יָם֙ yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular absolute
side	וּפְאַת u.fe.'at-	H6285	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
great	הַגָּד֔וֹל ha.ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sea	הַיָּ֣ם hai.Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
border	מִגְּב֕וּל mi.ge.Vul	H1366	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	לְב֣וֹא le.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal infinitive construct
against	נֹ֖כַח No.khach	H5227	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular construct
Hamath	חֲמָ֑ת cha.Mat	H2574	Chamath · proper noun, a place name
west	יָֽם Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular absolute
side	פְּאַת pe.'at-	H6285	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct

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Cross-references

Numbers 34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Ezekiel 48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 47:13–end

We are now to pass from the affairs of the sanctuary to those of the state, from the city to the country. 1. The Land of Canaan is here secured to them for an inheritance (Eze 47:14): I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers, that is, promised it upon oath to them and their posterity. Though the possession had been a great while discontinued, yet God had not forgotten his oath which he swore to their fathers. Though God's providences may for a time seem to contradict his promises, yet the promise will certainly take place at last, for God will be ever mindful of his covenant. I lifted up my hand to give it, and therefore it shall without fail fall to you for an inheritance. Thus the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 47:19

Tamar--not Tadmor in the desert, but Tamar, the last town of Judea, by the Dead Sea. Meaning "palm tree"; so called from palm trees abounding near it.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 47:20

The great sea - The Mediterranean. From the border - The southern border, mentioned Eze 47:19.

John Gill on Ezekiel 47:20

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border,.... From the border of Egypt, and the river of it, to the Mediterranean sea, is the west side of the land, and the western border of it; hence the western point is often expressed in Scripture by the sea: till a man come over against Hamath; Antioch in Syria; see Ezekiel 47:16. this is the west side; of the land, and of the western border of it.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 47:15-20

The boundaries of the new Promised Land were approximately those assigned in Num 34:1-12, from Lebo-hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south, and from the Mediterranean in the west to the Jordan River in the east. The people would now possess the entirety of this promised land, something they had never before done. Absent from this land was Transjordan, the area east of the Jordan River, which was the historic home of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. It lay outside the boundaries promised to Moses and was therefore not part of the original promise, although historically many Israelites had lived there.

The Church Fathers

(Verse 20) And the plague of the sea, the great sea from the border in a straight line, until you come to Emath, this is the plague of the sea. Of which the Book of Numbers writes more clearly and briefly. But the western plague will begin from the great sea and will conclude at the very end, that is, from sea to sea: to the torrent, namely the Rhinocorura, which flows into the sea, up to the place that is opposite the city of Emath in Syria, of which we have spoken above. But the setting sun, according to the laws of tropology, is always in the sea: always in the salt and waves, where shipwrecks occur daily, and the deaths of the wretched, and the loss of wealth and goods, and yet when we have endured all these with patience, we come straight to Emath, that is, to the truth of the Lord, who, having conquered persecutions, has promised us eternal rewards.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Dictionary and topics

Canaan · .Prophecy concerning, after the restoration of Israel — .Prophecy concerning, after the restoration of Israel
Mediterranean Sea · Mentioned in Scripture as “the Great Sea,” — Mentioned in Scripture as “the Great Sea,”

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 47:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 47:19

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 47:20

John Gill on Ezekiel 47:20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 47:15-20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 47:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 47:19

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 47:20

John Gill on Ezekiel 47:20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 47:15-20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Ezekiel 47:20