The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:2 Explained

Ezekiel 42:2

KJV: Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

YLT: At the front of the length is a hundred cubits at the north opening, and the breadth fifty cubits.

Darby: before the length of the hundred cubits: the entry was on the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits,

ASV: Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Before  the length  of an hundred  cubits  [was] the north  door,  and the breadth  [was] fifty  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 42:2 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 42:2 mean?

The length Facing the length cubits [which] [was] a hundred and door was the north the width [was] fifty cubits
אֶל־ פְּנֵי־ אֹ֙רֶךְ֙ אַמּ֣וֹת הַמֵּאָ֔ה פֶּ֖תַח הַצָּפ֑וֹן וְהָרֹ֖חַב חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמּֽוֹת

אֶל־  The  length 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
פְּנֵי־  Facing 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
אֹ֙רֶךְ֙  the  length 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
אַמּ֣וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
הַמֵּאָ֔ה  [which]  [was]  a  hundred 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
פֶּ֖תַח  and  door 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
הַצָּפ֑וֹן  was  the  north 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וְהָרֹ֖חַב  the  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  [was]  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
אַמּֽוֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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