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And in front ofוְלִפְנֵיthe chambersהַלְּשָׁכוֹתwas a corridorמַהֲלַךְtenעֶשֶׂרcubitsאַמּוֹתwide,רֹחַבtowardאֶלthe inside,הַפְּנִימִיתa wayדֶּרֶךְof oneאֶחָתcubit;אַמָּהand their entrancesוּפִתְחֵיהֶםwere toward the north.לַצָּפוֹן
Ezekiel 42:4
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 42:4, word by word
- And in front ofפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the chambersלְּשָׁכוֹתleshachot
room, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appears- was a corridorמַהֲלַךְmahalach
corridor
A covered passage between parts of a building.
Where else “mahalach” appears- tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears- wideרֹחַבrochav
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appears- the insideפְּנִימִיתpenimit
inner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimit” appears- a wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- and their entrancesפִתְחֵיfitche
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “fitche” appears- were toward the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears
Translation note
“Of one cubit”: the ancient Greek translation reads “of a hundred cubits.”
The context
3Opposite 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the upper chambers were shorter, because the terraces took space from them more than from the lower ones and the middle ones of the building.