The Meaning of Ezekiel 40:27 Explained

Ezekiel 40:27

KJV: And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

YLT: and the gate of the inner court is southward, and he measureth from gate unto gate southward, a hundred cubits.

Darby: And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

ASV: And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [there was] a gate  in the inner  court  toward  the south:  and he measured  from gate  to gate  toward  the south  an hundred  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 40:27 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 40:27 mean?

And [There] [was] a gateway on court the inner facing south and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south a hundred cubits
וְשַׁ֛עַר לֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִ֖י דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַדָּר֑וֹם וַיָּ֨מָד מִשַּׁ֧עַר אֶל־ הַשַּׁ֛עַר דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַדָּר֖וֹם מֵאָ֥ה אַמּֽוֹת

וְשַׁ֛עַר  And  [There]  [was]  a  gateway 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
לֶחָצֵ֥ר  on  court 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הַפְּנִימִ֖י  the  inner 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: פְּנִימִי  
Sense: inner.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  facing 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַדָּר֑וֹם  south 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרֹום  
Sense: south.
וַיָּ֨מָד  and  he  measured 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
מִשַּׁ֧עַר  from  gateway 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
הַשַּׁ֛עַר  gateway 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
דֶּ֥רֶךְ  toward 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַדָּר֖וֹם  the  south 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרֹום  
Sense: south.
מֵאָ֥ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אַמּֽוֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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