Ezekiel 48:2

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one [portion].

World English Bible · Public Domain

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אָשֵׁ֥ר

ʼÂshêr

H836

“Asher”

Noun, Proper

Appears 43× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 30:13

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H833

TWOT: None

Asher = "happy" - son of Jacob and Zilpah - the tribe descended from Asher - a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

10: words
9: distinct lemmas
Prophets: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אָשֵׁ֥ר Asher H836 occurs in 41 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

7 nouns
1 adjective
2 prepositions

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

מִפְּאַ֥ת corner H6285 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 16 words from the Hebrew and 16 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Ezekiel 48:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Joshua 19:24–31 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
Genesis 30:12–13 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Ezekiel 48:2 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְעַ֣ל גְּב֣וּל דָּ֗ן מִפְּאַ֥ת קָדִ֛ים עַד פְּאַת יָ֖מָּה אָשֵׁ֥ר אֶחָֽד

By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one [portion].

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 48:2 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀπό ὁ ὅριον ὁ δαν ὁ πρός ἀνατολή ἕως ὁ πρός θάλασσα ασηρ εἷς

And from the borders of Dan eastward as far as the west sea-coast, for Asser, one.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וְעַל תְּחוּם דָן מֵרוּחַ מַדִינְחָא עַד רוּחַ מַעֲרָבָא אָשֵׁר חָד:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Ezekiel 48:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

2. a portion for Asher] Asher one portion. And so in each of the following verses.

Dan

Asher

Naphtali

Manasseh

Ephraim

Reuben

Judah

Domain of Levites

Prince’s portion

Priest’s domain

□

Sanctuary

Prince’s portion

City land

City

City land

Benjamin

Simeon

Issachar

Zebulun

Gad

8–22. The oblation or Terumah in the centre of the country. This oblation is a tract of 25,000 cubits broad, N. to S., and in length equal to the portions of the tribes E. to W. This oblation is first specified in its whole extent (Eze_48:8); then the portion of it to be assigned to the priests is described (Eze_48:9-12); then the portion of the Levites (Eze_48:13-14); then the part of the oblation belonging to the city (Eze_48:15-20); and finally the portion of the oblation which shall constitute the inheritance of the prince (Eze_48:21-22).

2–7. After Dan in the furthest North bordering on the land of Hamath comes Asher (Eze_48:2), Naphtali (Eze_48:3), the whole reunited tribe of Manasseh (Eze_48:4), Ephraim (Eze_48:5), Reuben transferred from the other side of the Jordan (Eze_48:6), and finally Judah (Eze_48:7).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Eze 48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Asher.

Ver. 2. From the east side to the west.] The longitude is described, not the latitude. For why? Christ’s kingdom is limitless, and his dominion without dimension.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And by the border of Dan,.... Next to it, just by it, closely adjoining to it; for it should be observed, that these tribes, and their inheritances, are contiguous to each other; which denotes the union of true Christians, or believers in Christ, with each other; they are members one of another, one body, one bread, and all one in Christ; and their harmony, unity, and concord, their comfortable communion and fellowship with each other; especially as it will be in the latter day, when they shall no more grieve and vex each other, nor separate from one another; but the two sticks shall be one in the hand of the Lord, Isa 11:13,

from the east side unto the west side; being just in the same position as the former tribe, and of the same measure and extent:

a portion for Asher; an inheritance for the tribe of Asher, the "blessed" of the Lord with all blessings, spiritual and eternal: and it should be known, once for all, that the portions of the several tribes are exactly alike: true believers have the same covenant God and Father for their portion; the same Lord, Redeemer, and Saviour, Head and Husband, Jesus Christ; they are members of the same body; partake of the same Spirit, and his graces; obtain like precious faith; are called in one hope of their calling; have a right to the same privileges and ordinances, and will share in the same heavenly inheritance, Eph 4:4.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

That is, all along on the south side of Dan, from east to west in length, shall the share of the tribe of Asher lie.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

And alongside the border of Dan and alongside the border of Dan to its south.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 10 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼÂshêr (“Asher”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Asher” (ʼÂshêr) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does Genesis 30:13, which shares the word «Asher», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “corner” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
Compare how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and Trapp's Complete Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 10 Hebrew ↔ 15 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
“corner” occurs 2× in this single verse.
9 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 10 words in this verse.