And he measuredוּמָדַדthe lengthאֹרֶךְof the buildingהַבִּנְיָןin front ofאֶל פְּנֵיthe separate areaהַגִּזְרָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas atעַלits back,אַחֲרֶיהָand its terracesוְאַתִּיקֶיהָאon this sideמִפּוֹand on that side,וּמִפּוֹa hundredמֵאָהcubits;אַמָּהand the inner templeוְהַהֵיכָל הַפְּנִימִיand the porticoesוְאֻלַמֵּיof the court;הֶחָצֵר
Ezekiel 41:15
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Ezekiel 41:15, word by word
- And he measuredמָדַדmadad
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “madad” appears- the lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- of the buildingבִּנְיָןbinyan
building
A building, a construction.
Where else “binyan” appears- in front ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the separate areaגִּזְרָהgizra
separate area
A courtyard set apart beside the temple.
Where else “gizra” appears- and its terracesאַתִּיקֶיatike
gallery, terrace
A ledge or set-back level of a building, a gallery.
Where else “atike” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- and the inner templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- and the inner templeפְּנִימִיpenimi
inner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimi” appears- and the porticoesאֻלַמֵּיulame
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 “ulame” appears- of the courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears
The context
14And the width of the front of the house and of the separate area toward the east, a hundred cubits.
15 · This verse (above)
16the thresholds and the closed windows and the terraces all around for the three of them, opposite the threshold, paneled with wood all around, and from the floor to the windows, and the windows were covered;