And there were porticoesוְאֵלַמּוֹתall around,סָבִיב סָבִיבthe length,אֹרֶךְtwenty-fiveחָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִיםcubits,אַמָּהand the width,וְרֹחַבfiveחָמֵשׁcubits.אַמּוֹת
Ezekiel 40:30
Study it in the app“And there were porticoes all around, the length, twenty-five cubits, and the width, five cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:30, word by word
- And there were porticoesאֵלַמּוֹתelamot
portico, porch
Portico, colonnade: a covered space with pillars at the entrance of a building.
Where else “elamot” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- the lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- twenty-fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- and the widthרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears
The context
29And its guardrooms and its pilasters and its porticoes were according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in its porticoes all around; the length, fifty cubits, and the width, twenty-five cubits.
30 · This verse (above)
31And its porticoes faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, and eight steps were its ascent.