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And the gateוְהַשַּׁעַרthatאֲשֶׁרfacedפָּנָיוtoward the north,דֶּרֶךְ הַצָּפוֹןbelonging to the outer court,לֶחָצֵר הַחִיצוֹנָהhe measuredמָדַדits lengthאָרְכּוֹand its width.וְרָחְבּוֹ
Ezekiel 40:20
Study it in the app“And the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its width.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:20, word by word
- And the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- facedפָּנָיpanay
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “panay” appears- toward the northדֶּרֶךְderech
direction
Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.
Where else “derech” appears- toward the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- belonging to the outer courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- belonging to the outer courtחִיצוֹנָהchitsona
outer, outside
Outer, outside: what faces outward or is on the outside part. It can also mean what is not sacred, ordinary.
Where else “chitsona” appears- he measuredמָדַדmadad
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “madad” appears- its lengthאָרְכּark
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “ark” appears- and its widthרָחְבּrachb
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rachb” appears
The context
19And he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits, on the east and the north.
20 · This verse (above)
21And its guardrooms, three on this side and three on that side, and its pilasters and its porticoes were according to the measure of the first gate; fifty cubits its length, and the width twenty-five cubits.