The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:20 Explained

Ezekiel 42:20

KJV: He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

YLT: At the four sides he hath measured it, a wall is to it all round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to separate between the holy and the profane place.

Darby: He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

ASV: He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He measured  it by the four  sides:  it had a wall  round about,  five  hundred  [reeds] long,  and five  hundred  broad,  to make a separation  between the sanctuary  and the profane place. 

What does Ezekiel 42:20 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 42:20 mean?

On four the sides He measured it a wall it had all around [cubits] long five hundred and wide hundred to separate between the holy [areas] from the common
לְאַרְבַּ֨ע רוּח֜וֹת מְדָד֗וֹ ח֤וֹמָה לוֹ֙ סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֔יב אֹ֚רֶךְ חֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וְרֹ֖חַב מֵא֑וֹת לְהַבְדִּ֕יל בֵּ֥ין הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ לְחֹֽל

לְאַרְבַּ֨ע  On  four 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
רוּח֜וֹת  the  sides 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
מְדָד֗וֹ  He  measured  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
ח֤וֹמָה  a  wall 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
לוֹ֙  it  had 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
סָבִ֔יב  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
אֹ֚רֶךְ  [cubits]  long 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
חֲמֵ֣שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
מֵא֔וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְרֹ֖חַב  and  wide 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
מֵא֑וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
לְהַבְדִּ֕יל  to  separate 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: בָּדַל  
Sense: to divide, separate.
בֵּ֥ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ  the  holy  [areas] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
לְחֹֽל  from  the  common 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹל  
Sense: profaneness, commonness, unholy, profane, common, sand.