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And he brought meוַיְבִיאֵנִיto the temple,אֶל הַהֵיכָלand he measuredוַיָּמָדthe pilasters,הָאֵילִיםsixשֵׁשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתwideרֹחַבon this sideמִפּוֹand sixוְשֵׁשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתwideרֹחַבon that side,מִפּוֹthe widthרֹחַבof the tent.הָאֹהֶל
Ezekiel 41:1
Study it in the app“And he brought me to the temple, and he measured the pilasters, six cubits wide on this side and six cubits wide on that side, the width of the tent.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 41:1, word by word
- And he brought meיְבִיאֵyevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appears- to the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- and he measuredיָּמָדyamad
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “yamad” appears- the pilastersאֵילִיםelim
pilaster
A firm, projecting part of a gateway: post or lintel.
Where else “elim” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears- wideרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- of the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears
Translation note
“The tent”: it can be understood as the width of the tent of meeting in the wilderness.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the width of the entrance, ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.