Ezekiel 42:3

“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.”

Ezekiel 42:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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