The Meaning of Ezekiel 40:21 Explained

Ezekiel 40:21

KJV: And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

YLT: and its little chambers, three on this side, and three on that side, and its posts and its arches have been according to the measure of the first gate, fifty cubits its length, and the breadth five and twenty by the cubit;

Darby: And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and breadth five and twenty cubits.

ASV: And the lodges thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the little chambers  thereof [were] three  on this side and three  on that side; and the posts  thereof and the arches  thereof were after the measure  of the first  gate:  the length  thereof [was] fifty  cubits,  and the breadth  five  and twenty  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 40:21 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 40:21 mean?

- Its gate chambers three on this side and three on that side - its gateposts - and its archways had the same measurements as the gate First [was] fifty cubits its length and its width five and twenty cubits
[ותאו] (וְתָאָ֗יו) שְׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה מִפּוֹ֙ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה מִפּ֔וֹ [ואילו] (וְאֵילָ֤יו) [ואלמו] (וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙) הָיָ֔ה כְּמִדַּ֖ת הַשַּׁ֣עַר הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אָרְכּ֔וֹ וְרֹ֕חַב חָמֵ֥שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים בָּאַמָּֽה

[ותאו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲבִי  
Sense: mother of Hezekiah (cf 029).
(וְתָאָ֗יו)  Its  gate  chambers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תָּא  
Sense: chamber, guardroom.
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מִפּוֹ֙  on  this  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פֹּה  
Sense: here, from here, hither.
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מִפּ֔וֹ  on  that  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פֹּה  
Sense: here, from here, hither.
[ואילו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(וְאֵילָ֤יו)  its  gateposts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
[ואלמו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙)  and  its  archways 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵילָם  
Sense: porch, vestibule, portico.
כְּמִדַּ֖ת  the  same  measurements  as 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִדָּה 
Sense: measure, measurement, stature, size, garment.
הַשַּׁ֣עַר  the  gate 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן  First 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים  [was]  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
אַמָּה֙  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
אָרְכּ֔וֹ  its  length 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
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.
בָּאַמָּֽה  cubits 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.