What Does Ezekiel 48:24 Mean in the King James?

And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

Ezekiel 48:24 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The name Simeon is rooted in “hearing,” so this allotment gives a place to the nature carried in the name.

THE MEANING

A shared whole can include you without dissolving your distinct place. Simeon’s named allotment sits beside Benjamin and stretches from east to west; its boundary gives that belonging a shape.

THE ROOT

שִׁמְעוֹן

Shim'on

GROWS FROM

שׁמע

To hear or listen; in some uses, to hear and respond.

The name Shim’on is tied to shama, “to hear”; Genesis makes the link explicit when Leah says the LORD has heard and names her child Simeon. Here, that same name receives a place within a measured inheritance.

ALSO GROWS

shama: Hear, listen

שָׁמַע

Genesis 29:33 uses this verb in the naming of Simeon, joining the name to the act of hearing.

shema: Hear and respond

שְׁמַע

This form shows how hearing can carry a response, bringing an active sense to the root behind the name.

THE PATTERN

A shared inheritance becomes tangible when each member receives a distinct, bounded place.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Psalm 16:6 · KJVLines and inheritance meet here: a defined place can hold a real share.

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Acts 17:26 · KJVThe verse connects shared human origin with the bounds that shape each dwelling.

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

1 Corinthians 12:18 · KJVA shared body still has distinct members, each with a place within it.

THE THREAD

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 29:33 · KJV

The name Simeon is tied to shama, “to hear”; Genesis makes that connection explicit when Leah says the LORD has heard. Ezekiel gives the same name a portion, carrying its meaning into a defined place.

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