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And fromוְעַלthe frontפְּנֵיof the gateהַשַּׁעַרof entranceהָאִיתוֹןtoעַל לִthe frontפְנֵיof the porticoאֻלָםof the innerהַפְּנִימִיgate,הַשַּׁעַרfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםcubits.אַמָּה
Ezekiel 40:15
Study it in the app“And from the front of the gate of entrance to the front of the portico of the inner gate, fifty cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:15, word by word
- the frontפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of entranceאִיתוֹןiton
entrance
An entrance. Only in Ezekiel 40:15, in the form that is read (qere).
Where else “iton” appears- of the porticoאֻלָםulam
portico
Portico: the covered entrance in front of the main hall of a building. In the temple, the vestibule through which one entered.
Where else “ulam” appears- of the innerפְּנִימִיpenimi
inner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimi” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears
The context
14And he made pilasters sixty cubits; and to the pilaster of the court, the gate all around.
15 · This verse (above)
16And there were closed windows toward the guardrooms and toward their pilasters inside the gate all around, and likewise for the porticoes; and windows all around, inside; and on each pilaster were palm trees.