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And he measuredוַיָּמָדits length,אָרְכּוֹtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםcubits,אַמָּהand the width,וְרֹחַבtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםcubits,אַמָּהin front ofאֶל פְּנֵיthe temple;הַהֵיכָלand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Thisזֶהis the Most Holy Place.”קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים
Ezekiel 41:4
Study it in the app“And he measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, in front of the temple; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 41:4, word by word
- And he measuredיָּמָדyamad
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “yamad” appears- its lengthאָרְכּark
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “ark” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- and the widthרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- in front ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- is the Most Holy Placeקֹדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears
The context
3And he went inside and measured the pilaster of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.
4 · This verse (above)
5And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of the side chamber, four cubits, all around the house, around.