The Meaning of Ezekiel 41:3 Explained

Ezekiel 41:3

KJV: Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

YLT: And he hath gone inward, and measureth the post of the opening two cubits, and the opening six cubits, and the breadth of the opening seven cubits.

Darby: And he went inwards, and measured the post of the entry, two cubits; and the entry, six cubits; and the breadth of the entry, seven cubits.

ASV: Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then went  he inward,  and measured  the post  of the door,  two  cubits;  and the door,  six  cubits;  and the breadth  of the door,  seven  cubits. 

What does Ezekiel 41:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 41

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

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 41:3 mean?

And he went inside and measured the post the doorposts two cubits and the entrance six cubits [high] and the width of the entrance seven cubits
וּבָ֣א לִפְנִ֔ימָה וַיָּ֥מָד אֵֽיל־ הַפֶּ֖תַח שְׁתַּ֣יִם אַמּ֑וֹת וְהַפֶּ֙תַח֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת וְרֹ֥חַב הַפֶּ֖תַח שֶׁ֥בַע אַמּֽוֹת

וּבָ֣א  And  he  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לִפְנִ֔ימָה  inside 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adverb
Root: פְּנִימָה  
Sense: toward the inside, within, faceward.
וַיָּ֥מָד  and  measured 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
אֵֽיל־  the  post 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
הַפֶּ֖תַח  the  doorposts 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
שְׁתַּ֣יִם  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
אַמּ֑וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְהַפֶּ֙תַח֙  and  the  entrance 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
שֵׁ֣שׁ  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
אַמּ֔וֹת  cubits  [high] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וְרֹ֥חַב  and  the  width 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
הַפֶּ֖תַח  of  the  entrance 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
שֶׁ֥בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
אַמּֽוֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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