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Forכִּיthe lengthאֹרֶךְof the chambersהַלְּשָׁכוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the outer courtלֶחָצֵר הַחִצוֹנָהwas fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםcubits;אַמָּהand look,וְהִנֵּהin front ofעַל פְּנֵיthe temple,הַהֵיכָלa hundredמֵאָהcubits.אַמָּה
Ezekiel 42:8
Study it in the app“For the length of the chambers that belonged to the outer court was fifty cubits; and look, in front of the temple, a hundred cubits.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 42:8, word by word
- the lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- of the chambersלְּשָׁכוֹתleshachot
room, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appears- belonged to the outer courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- belonged to 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- was fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- in front ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears
The context
7And the fence that was outside, parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, in front of the chambers, its length fifty cubits.
8 · This verse (above)
9And below these chambers was the entrance from the east, as one goes in to them from the outer court.