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And I sawוְרָאִיתִיthat the house hadלַבַּיִתa heightגֹּבַהּall around;סָבִיב סָבִיבthe foundationsמוּסְדוֹתof the side chambersהַצְּלָעוֹתwere a full reed,מְלוֹ הַקָּנֶהsixשֵׁשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתto the joint.אַצִּילָה
Ezekiel 41:8
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 41:8, word by word
- And I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raiti” appears- that the house hadבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- a heightגֹּבַהּgovah
height
The measure of something from bottom to top.
Where else “govah” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- the foundationsמוּסְדוֹתmusdot
foundation
The base a structure rests on.
Where else “musdot” appears- of the side chambersצְּלָעוֹתtselaot
side
The flank of something, or the rooms built against the temple.
Where else “tselaot” appears- were a full reedמְלוֹmelo
handful
What fits at once: a handful, or a house full.
Where else “melo” appears- were a full reedקָּנֶהkane
reed
A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.
Where else “kane” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears- to the jointאַצִּילָהatsila
joint
Where two parts meet.
Where else “atsila” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9The width of the wall that belonged to the side chamber outside, five cubits; and what was free space by the structure of side chambers that belonged to the house,