Study it in the app“For they were in three stories, and they did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper story was reduced more than the lower ones and the middle ones from the floor.”
Forכִּיtheyהֵנָּהwere in three stories,מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹתand they did not haveוְאֵין לָהֶןpillarsעַמּוּדִיםlike the pillarsכְּעַמּוּדֵיof the courts;הַחֲצֵרוֹתthereforeעַל כֵּןthe upper story was reducedנֶאֱצַלmore than the lower onesמֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹתand the middle onesוּמֵהַתִּיכֹנוֹתfrom the floor.מֵהָאָרֶץ
threefold
Made of three parts twisted together, and so stronger.
Where else “meshulashot” appearspillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amudim” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatserot” appearsnarrow
To become narrower.
Where else “neetsal” appearslower
From below, lower.
Where else “tachtonot” appearsmiddle
Middle, in the center.
Where else “tichonot” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears5And 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.
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7And the fence that was outside, parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, in front of the chambers, its length fifty cubits.
