Oppositeנֶגֶדthe twenty cubitsהָעֶשְׂרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the inner court,לֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִיand oppositeוְנֶגֶדthe pavementרִצְפָהthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the outer court,לֶחָצֵר הַחִיצוֹנָהterraceאַתִּיקfacingאֶל פְּנֵיterraceאַתִּיקin three stories.בַּשְּׁלִשִׁים
Ezekiel 42:3
Study it in the app“Opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court, terrace facing terrace in three stories.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 42:3, word by word
- Oppositeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- the twenty cubitsעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- belonged to the inner courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- belonged to the inner courtפְּנִימִיpenimi
inner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimi” appears- the pavementרִצְפָהritsfa
pavement
A floor made of stone slabs.
Where else “ritsfa” appears- belonged to the outer courtחִיצוֹנָהchitsona
outer, outside
Outer, outside: what faces outward or is on the outside part. It can also mean what is not sacred, ordinary.
Where else “chitsona” appears- terraceאַתִּיקatik
gallery, terrace
A ledge or set-back level of a building, a gallery.
Where else “atik” appears- facingפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- in three storiesשְּׁלִשִׁיםshelishim
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishim” appears
The context
2Along the front of the length of a hundred cubits was the north entrance; and the width, fifty cubits.
3 · This verse (above)
4And in front of the chambers was a corridor ten cubits wide, toward the inside, a way of one cubit; and their entrances were toward the north.