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And the hooks,וְהַשְׁפַתַּיִםoneאֶחָדhandbreadth long,טֹפַחwere fixedמוּכָנִיםin the houseבַּבַּיִתall around;סָבִיב סָבִיבand onוְאֶלthe tablesהַשֻּׁלְחָנוֹתwas the fleshבְּשַׂרof the offering.הַקָּרְבָן
Ezekiel 40:43
Study it in the app“And the hooks, one handbreadth long, were fixed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:43, word by word
- And the hooksשְׁפַתַּיִםshefatayim
hook
Peg-like hangers fixed on the wall.
Where else “shefatayim” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- handbreadth longטֹפַחtofach
handbreadth
Handbreadth: the width of four fingers, about 7.5 centimeters.
Where else “tofach” appears- were fixedמוּכָנִיםmuchanim
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “muchanim” appears- in the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- the tablesשֻּׁלְחָנוֹתshulchanot
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchanot” appears- was the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of the offeringקָּרְבָןkarvan
offering
Offering (qorban): what is "brought near" to God. It comes from the verb "bring near" and is the general word for any offering; Jesus mentions it in Mark 7:11.
Where else “karvan” appears
Translation note
“Hooks”: it has also been read “ledges” or “rims”; the sense is uncertain.
The context
42And four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, the length, a cubit and a half, and the width, a cubit and a half, and the height, one cubit; on them they would set the utensils with which they would slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43 · This verse (above)
44And outside the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was beside the side of the north gate, with their front toward the south, one beside the side of the east gate, facing toward the north.