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And the fenceוְגָדֵרthatאֲשֶׁרwas outside,לַחוּץparallel toלְעֻמַּתthe chambers,הַלְּשָׁכוֹתtowardדֶּרֶךְthe outer court,הֶחָצֵר הַחִצוֹנָהin front ofאֶל פְּנֵיthe chambers,הַלְּשָׁכוֹתits lengthאָרְכּוֹfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםcubits.אַמָּה
Ezekiel 42:7
Study it in the app“And the fence that was outside, parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, in front of the chambers, its length fifty cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 42:7, word by word
- And the fenceגָדֵרgader
wall
Wall, fence: a wall that surrounds a piece of ground.
Where else “gader” appears- was outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- parallel toעֻמַּתumat
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umat” appears- the chambersלְּשָׁכוֹתleshachot
room, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appears- towardדֶּרֶךְderech
direction
Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.
Where else “derech” appears- the outer courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- the outer courtחִצוֹנָהchitsona
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- in front ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- its lengthאָרְכּark
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “ark” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears
The context
6For 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8For the length of the chambers that belonged to the outer court was fifty cubits; and look, in front of the temple, a hundred cubits.