And he brought meוַיְבִאֵנִיto the porticoאֶל אֻלָםof the house,הַבַּיִתand measuredוַיָּמָדthe pilasterאֵלof the portico,אֻלָםfiveחָמֵשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתon this sideמִפֹּהand fiveוְחָמֵשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתon that side;מִפֹּהand the widthוְרֹחַבof the gate,הַשַּׁעַרthreeשָׁלֹשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתon this sideמִפּוֹand threeוְשָׁלֹשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתon that side.מִפּוֹ
Ezekiel 40:48
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.