The Meaning of Ezekiel 40:49 Explained

Ezekiel 40:49

KJV: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

YLT: the length of the porch twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and by the steps whereby they go up unto it: and pillars are at the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.

Darby: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.

ASV: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The length  of the porch  [was] twenty  cubits,  and the breadth  eleven  cubits;  and [he brought me] by the steps  whereby they went up  to it: and [there were] pillars  by the posts,  one  on this side, and another  on that side. 

What does Ezekiel 40:49 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 40:49 mean?

The length of the vestibule [was] twenty cubits and the width one [and] ten cubits and by the steps which led up to it and [there] [were] pillars by the doorposts one on this side and one on that side
אֹ֣רֶךְ הָאֻלָ֞ם עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אַמָּ֗ה וְרֹ֙חַב֙ עַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אַמָּ֔ה וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲל֖וּ אֵלָ֑יו וְעַמֻּדִים֙ אֶל־ הָ֣אֵילִ֔ים אֶחָ֥ד מִפֹּ֖ה וְאֶחָ֥ד מִפֹּֽה

אֹ֣רֶךְ  The  length 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
הָאֻלָ֞ם  of  the  vestibule 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים  [was]  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
אַמָּ֗ה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְרֹ֙חַב֙  and  the  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
עַשְׁתֵּ֣י  one 
Parse: Number, common singular construct
Root: עַשְׁתֵּי  
Sense: one, eleven, eleventh.
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אַמָּ֔ה  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת  and  by  the  steps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַעֲלָה 
Sense: what comes up, thoughts.
יַעֲל֖וּ  led  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
אֵלָ֑יו  to  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
וְעַמֻּדִים֙  and  [there]  [were]  pillars 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
הָ֣אֵילִ֔ים  the  doorposts 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
אֶחָ֥ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
מִפֹּ֖ה  on  this  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פֹּה  
Sense: here, from here, hither.
וְאֶחָ֥ד  and  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
מִפֹּֽה  on  that  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: פֹּה  
Sense: here, from here, hither.