Ezekiel 41:7

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 41:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 41:7, word by word

And it became widerרָחֲבָהrachava

make room, enlarge

Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.

Where else “rachava” appears
and wound aroundנָסְבָהnasva

surround

To enclose someone or something on every side.

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higher and higherמַעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

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for the side chambersצְּלָעוֹתtselaot

side

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

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the encirclingמוּסַבmusav

surrounding passage

A going around, a passage around a building.

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of 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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the widthרֹחַבrochav

width

Width, breadth.

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the lowest storyתַּחְתּוֹנָהtachtona

lower

From below, lower.

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went upיַעֲלֶהyaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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the highestעֶלְיוֹנָהelyona

Most High, Elyon

"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.

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by the middle oneתִּיכוֹנָהtichona

middle

Middle, in the center.

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The context

6And 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.

7 · This verse (above)

8And I saw that the house had a height all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed, six cubits to the joint.

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