The Meaning of Ezekiel 40:36 Explained

Ezekiel 40:36

KJV: The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

YLT: its little chambers, its posts, and its arches; and windows are to it all round about: the length fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits;

Darby: its chambers, its posts, and its projections; and there were windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

ASV: the lodges thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The little chambers  thereof, the posts  thereof, and the arches  thereof, and the windows  to it round about:  the length  [was] fifty  cubits,  and the breadth  five  and twenty  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 40:36 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 40:36 mean?

- Also its gate chambers - its gateposts - and its archways and windows it had all around its length [was] fifty cubits and its width five and twenty cubits
[תאו] (תָּאָיו֙) [אלו] (אֵלָ֣יו) [ואלמו] (וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו) וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֑יב אֹ֚רֶךְ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֔ה וְרֹ֕חַב חָמֵ֥שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אַמָּֽה

[תאו]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיטוּב  
Sense: son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite.
(תָּאָיו֙)  Also  its  gate  chambers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תָּא  
Sense: chamber, guardroom.
[אלו]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(אֵלָ֣יו)  its  gateposts 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
[ואלמו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו)  and  its  archways 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵילָם  
Sense: porch, vestibule, portico.
וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת  and  windows 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural
Root: חַלֹּון 
Sense: window (piercing of the wall).
ל֖וֹ  it  had 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
סָבִ֑יב  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
אֹ֚רֶךְ  its  length  [was] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
אַמָּ֔ה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְרֹ֕חַב  and  its  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
חָמֵ֥שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, 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 (.

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