The Meaning of Ezekiel 41:2 Explained

Ezekiel 41:2

KJV: And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

YLT: And the breadth of the opening is ten cubits; and the sides of the opening are five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and he measureth its length forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Darby: And the breadth of the entry was ten cubits, and the sides of the entry were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

ASV: And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the breadth  of the door  [was] ten  cubits;  and the sides  of the door  [were] five  cubits  on the one side, and five  cubits  on the other side: and he measured  the length  thereof, forty  cubits:  and the breadth,  twenty  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 41:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 41

1  The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 41:2 mean?

And the width of the entryway [was] ten cubits and the side walls of the entrance [were] five cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side And he measured its length forty cubits And its width twenty cubits
וְרֹ֣חַב הַפֶּתַח֮ עֶ֣שֶׂר אַמּוֹת֒ וְכִתְפ֣וֹת הַפֶּ֔תַח חָמֵ֤שׁ אַמּוֹת֙ מִפּ֔וֹ וְחָמֵ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת מִפּ֑וֹ וַיָּ֤מָד אָרְכּוֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים אַמָּ֔ה וְרֹ֖חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אַמָּֽה

וְרֹ֣חַב  And  the  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
הַפֶּתַח֮  of  the  entryway 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
עֶ֣שֶׂר  [was]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
אַמּוֹת֒  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְכִתְפ֣וֹת  and  the  side  walls 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
הַפֶּ֔תַח  of  the  entrance 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
חָמֵ֤שׁ  [were]  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אַמּוֹת֙  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
מִפּ֔וֹ  on  this  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פֹּה  
Sense: here, from here, hither.
וְחָמֵ֥שׁ  and  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אַמּ֖וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
מִפּ֑וֹ  on  the  other  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פֹּה  
Sense: here, from here, hither.
וַיָּ֤מָד  And  he  measured 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
אָרְכּוֹ֙  its  length 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים  forty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
אַמָּ֔ה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְרֹ֖חַב  And  its  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
אַמָּֽה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.