And he cameוַיָּבוֹאto the gateאֶל שַׁעַרthatאֲשֶׁרfacedפָּנָיוtoward the east,דֶּרֶךְ הַקָּדִימָהand went upוַיַּעַלits steps,בְּמַעֲלוֹתָיוand measuredוַיָּמָדthe thresholdסַףof the gate,הַשַּׁעַרoneאֶחָדreedקָנֶהwide,רֹחַבand the otherוְ אֶחָדthreshold,סַףoneאֶחָדreedקָנֶהwide.רֹחַב
Ezekiel 40:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “kane” appears- wideרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears
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.