The Meaning of Ezekiel 41:11 Explained

Ezekiel 41:11

KJV: And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

YLT: And the opening of the side-chamber is to the place left, one opening northward, and one opening southward, and the breadth of the place that is left is five cubits all round about.

Darby: And the entry of the side-chambers was toward what was left free, one entry toward the north, and one entry toward the south; and the width of the space left free was five cubits round about.

ASV: And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the doors  of the side chambers  [were] toward [the place that was] left,  one  door  toward  the north,  and another  door  toward the south:  and the breadth  of the place  that was left  [was] five  cubits  round about. 

What does Ezekiel 41:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Ezekiel saw a doorway in this exterior wall on the north and south sides that allowed access into the side rooms. There was a five-cubit-wide (8 feet4inches) walkway all around the exterior wall of the temple except on the west side (cf. Ezekiel 41:13). This walkway was on the same level as the top of the foundation of the temple.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 41

1  The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 41:11 mean?

And the doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace door one toward the north and door one toward the south and the width of the terrace [was] five cubits all around
וּפֶ֤תַח הַצֵּלָע֙ לַמֻּנָּ֔ח פֶּ֤תַח אֶחָד֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַצָּפ֔וֹן וּפֶ֥תַח אֶחָ֖ד לַדָּר֑וֹם וְרֹ֙חַב֙ מְק֣וֹם הַמֻּנָּ֔ח חָמֵ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת סָבִ֥יב ׀ סָבִֽיב

וּפֶ֤תַח  And  the  doors 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
הַצֵּלָע֙  of  the  side  chambers 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צֵלָע  
Sense: side, rib, beam.
לַמֻּנָּ֔ח  opened  on  the  terrace 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מֻנָּח  
Sense: to rest.
פֶּ֤תַח  door 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
אֶחָד֙  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  toward 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַצָּפ֔וֹן  the  north 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וּפֶ֥תַח  and  door 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
אֶחָ֖ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לַדָּר֑וֹם  toward  the  south 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרֹום  
Sense: south.
וְרֹ֙חַב֙  and  the  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
הַמֻּנָּ֔ח  the  terrace 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מֻנָּח  
Sense: to rest.
חָמֵ֥שׁ  [was]  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אַמּ֖וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
סָבִֽיב  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.

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