The Meaning of Ezekiel 40:19 Explained

Ezekiel 40:19

KJV: Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

YLT: and he measureth the breadth from before the lower gate, to the front of the inner court, on the outside, a hundred cubits, eastward and northward.

Darby: And he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

ASV: Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then he measured  the breadth  from the forefront  of the lower  gate  unto the forefront  of the inner  court  without,  an hundred  cubits  eastward  and northward. 

What does Ezekiel 40:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 40

1  The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple
6  The description of the east gate of the outer court
20  of the north gate
24  of the south gate
27  of the south gate of the inner court
32  of the east gate
35  and of the north gate
39  Eight tables
44  The chambers
48  The porch of the house

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 40:19 mean?

And he measured the width from the front of the gateway lower to the front of the court inner exterior a hundred cubits toward the east and the north
וַיָּ֣מָד רֹ֡חַב מִלִּפְנֵי֩ הַשַּׁ֨עַר הַתַּחְתּ֜וֹנָה לִפְנֵ֨י הֶחָצֵ֧ר הַפְּנִימִ֛י מִח֖וּץ מֵאָ֣ה אַמָּ֑ה הַקָּדִ֖ים וְהַצָּפֽוֹן

וַיָּ֣מָד  And  he  measured 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
רֹ֡חַב  the  width 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
מִלִּפְנֵי֩  from  the  front 
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַשַּׁ֨עַר  of  the  gateway 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
הַתַּחְתּ֜וֹנָה  lower 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: תַּחְתֹּון  
Sense: lower, lowest, nether.
לִפְנֵ֨י  to  the  front 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הֶחָצֵ֧ר  of  the  court 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הַפְּנִימִ֛י  inner 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: פְּנִימִי  
Sense: inner.
מִח֖וּץ  exterior 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
מֵאָ֣ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אַמָּ֑ה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
הַקָּדִ֖ים  toward  the  east 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
וְהַצָּפֽוֹן  and  the  north 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.

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