Ezekiel 41:6

“And the side chambers, side chamber upon side chamber, three, and thirty times; and they entered into the wall that belonged to the house for the side chambers all around, to be supported, but they were not supported in the wall of the house.”

Ezekiel 41:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 41:6, word by word

And the side chambersצְּלָעוֹתtselaot

side

The flank of something, or the rooms built against the temple.

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threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim

thirty

Thirty; also "thirtieth".

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timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

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and they enteredבָאוֹתvaot

enter

To go into a place.

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into the wallקִּירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

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belonged to the houseבַּיִתbayit

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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to beהְיוֹתheot

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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supportedאֲחוּזִיםachuzim

be fastened

For something to be joined to another, held up or caught in it.

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Translation note

“Three, and thirty times”: it can be understood as three stories of thirty chambers.

The context

5And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of the side chamber, four cubits, all around the house, around.

6 · This verse (above)

7And it became wider and wound around higher and higher for the side chambers, for the encircling of the house went higher and higher all around the house; therefore the width of the house increased upward; and so the lowest story went up to the highest by the middle one.

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