And the side chambers,וְהַצְּלָעוֹתside chamberצֵלָעuponאֶלside chamber,צֵלָעthree,שָׁלוֹשׁand thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁיםtimes;פְּעָמִיםand they enteredוּבָאוֹתinto the wallבַּקִּירthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the houseלַבַּיִתfor the side chambersלַצְּלָעוֹתall around,סָבִיב סָבִיבto beלִהְיוֹתsupported,אֲחוּזִיםbut they were notוְלֹא יִהְיוּsupportedאֲחוּזִיםin the wallבְּקִירof the house.הַבָּיִת
Ezekiel 41:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 41:6, word by word
- And the side chambersצְּלָעוֹתtselaot
side
The flank of something, or the rooms built against the temple.
Where else “tselaot” appears- threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- and they enteredבָאוֹתvaot
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vaot” appears- into the wallקִּירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- belonged to the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- supportedאֲחוּזִיםachuzim
be fastened
For something to be joined to another, held up or caught in it.
Where else “achuzim” appears
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.