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And there was a gateוְשַׁעַרto the inner courtלֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִיtoward the south;דֶּרֶךְ הַדָּרוֹםand he measuredוַיָּמָדfrom gateמִשַּׁעַרto gateאֶל הַשַּׁעַרtoward the south,דֶּרֶךְ הַדָּרוֹםa hundredמֵאָהcubits.אַמּוֹת
Ezekiel 40:27
Study it in the app“And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:27, 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- toward the southדֶּרֶךְderech
direction
Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.
Where else “derech” appears- toward the southדָּרוֹםdarom
south
The south; in poetry, the south wind.
Where else “darom” 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- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears
The context
26And seven steps were its ascent, and its porticoes were in front of them; and it had palm trees, one on this side and one on that side, on its pilasters.
27 · This verse (above)
28And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate according to these measures.