The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:4 Explained

Ezekiel 42:4

KJV: And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

YLT: And at the front of the chambers is a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings are at the north.

Darby: and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth, and a way of a hundred cubits inward; and their entries were toward the north.

ASV: And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And before  the chambers  [was] a walk  of ten  cubits  breadth  inward,  a way  of one  cubit;  and their doors  toward the north. 

What does Ezekiel 42:4 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 42:4 mean?

And in front of the chambers [was] a walk ten cubits wide toward the inside at a distance of cubit one and their doors faced north
וְלִפְנֵ֨י הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת מַהֲלַךְ֩ עֶ֨שֶׂר אַמּ֥וֹת רֹ֙חַב֙ אֶל־ הַפְּנִימִ֔ית דֶּ֖רֶךְ אַמָּ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּפִתְחֵיהֶ֖ם לַצָּפֽוֹן

וְלִפְנֵ֨י  And  in  front 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת  of  the  chambers 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
מַהֲלַךְ֩  [was]  a  walk 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַהֲלָךְ  
Sense: walk, journey, going, place to walk.
עֶ֨שֶׂר  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
אַמּ֥וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
רֹ֙חַב֙  wide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹחַב  
Sense: breadth, width, expanse.
אֶל־  toward 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַפְּנִימִ֔ית  the  inside 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: פְּנִימִי  
Sense: inner.
דֶּ֖רֶךְ  at  a  distance 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
אַמָּ֣ה  of  cubit 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
אֶחָ֑ת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וּפִתְחֵיהֶ֖ם  and  their  doors 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
לַצָּפֽוֹן  faced  north 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.

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