The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:8 Explained

Ezekiel 42:8

KJV: For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

YLT: for the length of the chambers that are to the outer court is fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits.

Darby: for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits.

ASV: For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the length  of the chambers  that [were] in the utter  court  [was] fifty  cubits:  and, lo, before  the temple  [were] an hundred  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 42:8 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 42:8 mean?

For the length of the chambers that toward court the outer [was] fifty cubits and whereas upon that facing the temple [was] a hundred cubits
כִּֽי־ אֹ֣רֶךְ הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֶחָצֵ֥ר הַחִֽצוֹנָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י הַהֵיכָ֖ל מֵאָ֥ה אַמָּֽה

אֹ֣רֶךְ  the  length 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת  of  the  chambers 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
אֲשֶׁ֛ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לֶחָצֵ֥ר  toward  court 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הַחִֽצוֹנָ֖ה  the  outer 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: חִיצֹון  
Sense: outer, external, outward.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  [was]  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
אַמָּ֑ה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְהִנֵּ֛ה  and  whereas 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
פְּנֵ֥י  that  facing 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַהֵיכָ֖ל  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵיכָל  
Sense: palace, temple, nave, sanctuary.
מֵאָ֥ה  [was]  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אַמָּֽה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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