The Meaning of Ezekiel 40:23 Explained

Ezekiel 40:23

KJV: And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

YLT: And the gate of the inner court is over-against the gate at the north and at the east; and he measureth from gate unto gate, a hundred cubits.

Darby: And the gate of the inner court was opposite to the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

ASV: And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the gate  of the inner  court  [was] over against the gate  toward the north,  and toward the east;  and he measured  from gate  to gate  an hundred  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 40:23 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 40:23 mean?

And a gate was of court the inner opposite the gateway northern and just as the eastern [gateway] and he measured from gateway to gateway a hundred cubits
וְשַׁ֙עַר֙ לֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִימִ֔י נֶ֣גֶד הַשַּׁ֔עַר לַצָּפ֖וֹן וְלַקָּדִ֑ים וַיָּ֧מָד מִשַּׁ֛עַר אֶל־ שַׁ֖עַר מֵאָ֥ה אַמָּֽה

וְשַׁ֙עַר֙  And  a  gate  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
לֶחָצֵ֣ר  of  court 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הַפְּנִימִ֔י  the  inner 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: פְּנִימִי  
Sense: inner.
נֶ֣גֶד  opposite 
Parse: Preposition
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
הַשַּׁ֔עַר  the  gateway 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
לַצָּפ֖וֹן  northern 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וְלַקָּדִ֑ים  and  just  as  the  eastern  [gateway] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
וַיָּ֧מָד  and  he  measured 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
מִשַּׁ֛עַר  from  gateway 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
שַׁ֖עַר  gateway 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
מֵאָ֥ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אַמָּֽה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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