The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:11 Explained

Ezekiel 42:11

KJV: And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

YLT: And the way before them is as the appearance of the chambers that are northward, according to their length so is their breadth, and all their outlets, and according to their fashions, and according to their openings.

Darby: and a passage before them, like the appearance of the cells that were toward the north, according to their length, according to their breadth and all their goings out, and according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

ASV: And the way before them was like the appearance of the way of the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their egresses were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the way  before  them [was] like the appearance  of the chambers  which [were] toward  the north,  as long as  they, [and] as broad as  they: and all their goings out  [were] both according to their fashions,  and according to their doors. 

What does Ezekiel 42:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 42

1  The chambers for the priests
13  The use thereof
15  The measures of the outward court

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 42:11 mean?

And [There] [was] a walk in front of them and their appearance [was] like the chambers that [were] toward the north they [were] as long thus and as wide as the [others] and all their exits and entrances [were] and according to plan
וְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם כְּמַרְאֵ֣ה הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַצָּפ֔וֹן כְּאָרְכָּ֖ן כֵּ֣ן רָחְבָּ֑ן וְכֹל֙ מוֹצָ֣אֵיהֶ֔ן וּכְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖ן וּכְפִתְחֵיהֶֽן

וְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙  And  [There]  [was]  a  walk 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם  in  front  of  them 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
כְּמַרְאֵ֣ה  and  their  appearance  [was]  like 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַרְאֶה  
Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת  the  chambers 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
אֲשֶׁר֙  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  toward 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַצָּפ֔וֹן  the  north 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
כְּאָרְכָּ֖ן  they  [were]  as  long 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
כֵּ֣ן  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
רָחְבָּ֑ן  and  as  wide  as  the  [others] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
וְכֹל֙  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מוֹצָ֣אֵיהֶ֔ן  their  exits 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: מֹוצָא  
Sense: act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring.
וּכְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖ן  and  entrances  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
וּכְפִתְחֵיהֶֽן  and  according  to  plan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.

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