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And there was a gateוְשַׁעַרto the inner courtלֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִיoppositeנֶגֶדthe gateהַשַּׁעַרto the northלַצָּפוֹןand to the east;וְלַקָּדִיםand he measuredוַיָּמָדfrom gateמִשַּׁעַרto gate,אֶל שַׁעַרa hundredמֵאָהcubits.אַמָּה
Ezekiel 40:23
Study it in the app“And there was a gate to the inner court opposite the gate to the north and to the east; and he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:23, word by word
- And there was a gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- to the inner courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- to the inner courtפְּנִימִיpenimi
inner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimi” appears- oppositeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- to the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- and to the eastקָּדִיםkadim
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadim” appears- and he measuredיָּמָדyamad
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “yamad” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears
The context
22And its windows and its porticoes and its palm trees were according to the measure of the gate that faced toward the east; and by seven steps they went up to it, and its porticoes were in front of them.
23 · This verse (above)
24And he led me toward the south, and look, a gate toward the south; and he measured its pilasters and its porticoes according to these measures.