And it became widerוְרָחֲבָהand wound aroundוְנָסְבָהhigher and higherלְמַעְלָה לְמַעְלָהfor the side chambers,לַצְּלָעוֹתforכִּיthe encirclingמוּסַבof the houseהַבַּיִתwent higher and higherלְמַעְלָה לְמַעְלָהall aroundסָבִיב סָבִיבthe house;לַבַּיִתthereforeעַל כֵּןthe widthרֹחַבof the houseלַבַּיִתincreased upward;לְמָעְלָהand soוְכֵןthe lowest storyהַתַּחְתּוֹנָהwent upיַעֲלֶהtoעַלthe highestהָעֶלְיוֹנָהby the middle one.לַתִּיכוֹנָה
Ezekiel 41:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “nasva” appears- higher and higherמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- for the side chambersצְּלָעוֹתtselaot
side
The flank of something, or the rooms built against the temple.
Where else “tselaot” appears- the encirclingמוּסַבmusav
surrounding passage
A going around, a passage around a building.
Where else “musav” appears- of 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- the widthרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- the lowest storyתַּחְתּוֹנָהtachtona
lower
From below, lower.
Where else “tachtona” appears- went upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- 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.
Where else “elyona” appears- by the middle oneתִּיכוֹנָהtichona
middle
Middle, in the center.
Where else “tichona” appears
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.