Ezekiel 40:48

“And he brought me to the portico of the house, and measured the pilaster of the portico, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gate, three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.”

Ezekiel 40:48 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 40:48, word by word

And he brought meיְבִאֵyevie

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “yevie” appears
to the porticoאֻלָםulam

portico

Portico: the covered entrance in front of the main hall of a building. In the temple, the vestibule through which one entered.

Where else “ulam” appears
of the houseבַּיִתbayit

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

Where else “bayit” appears
and measuredיָּמָדyamad

measure

To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.

Where else “yamad” appears
the pilasterאֵלel

pilaster

A firm, projecting part of a gateway: post or lintel.

Where else “el” appears
fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh

five

Five.

Where else “chamesh” appears
cubitsאַמּוֹתamot

cubit

About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.

Where else “amot” appears
and the widthרֹחַבrochav

width

Width, breadth.

Where else “rochav” appears
of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

Where else “shaar” appears
threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shalosh” appears

Translation note

The Hebrew does not give the width of the entrance here.

The context

47And he measured the court, the length, a hundred cubits, and the width, a hundred cubits, square; and the altar was in front of the house.

48 · This verse (above)

49The length of the portico, twenty cubits, and the width, eleven cubits; and by the steps by which they went up to it; and there were pillars beside the pilasters, one on this side and one on that side.

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