Ezekiel 40:6

“And he came to the gate that faced toward the east, and went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide, and the other threshold, one reed wide.”

Ezekiel 40:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 40:6, word by word

And he cameיָּבוֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavo” appears
to the gateשַׁעַרshaar

gate

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

Where else “shaar” appears
facedפָּנָיpanay

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “panay” appears
toward the eastדֶּרֶךְderech

direction

Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.

Where else “derech” appears
toward the eastקָּדִימָkadima

east

The direction where the sun rises.

Where else “kadima” appears
and went upיַּעַלyaal

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “yaal” appears
its stepsמַעֲלוֹתָיmaalotay

step

A step or stair of a stairway.

Where else “maalotay” 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 thresholdסַףsaf

threshold

The low part of a doorway, which one steps over on entering.

Where else “saf” appears
oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “echad” appears
reedקָנֶהkane

reed

A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.

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wideרֹחַבrochav

width

Width, breadth.

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The context

5And look, a wall outside the house all around, and in the hand of the man the measuring reed of six cubits, each a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the structure, one reed, and the height, one reed.

6 · This verse (above)

7And the guardroom, one reed long and one reed wide; and between the guardrooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate beside the portico of the gate on the house side, one reed.

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