Ezekiel
Ezekiel 40:5
5And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubitsa (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
Footnotes
- a 40:5 6 long cubits, the length of the reed used for measuring, is approximately 10.5 feet or 3.2 meters; similarly in verses 6, 7, and 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or 53.3 centimeters is the basic unit of length throughout Ezekiel 40 to 48.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And I saw | וְהִנֵּ֥ה | wə·hin·nêh | Conjunctive waw; Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| a wall | חוֹמָ֛ה | ḥō·w·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H2346 wall |
| surrounding | סָבִ֣יב׀ | sā·ḇîḇ | Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
| the temple area | לַבַּ֖יִת | lab·ba·yiṯ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| Now the length of the measuring | הַמִּדָּ֗ה | ham·mid·dāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4060 measure, measurement, stature, size, garment |
| rod | קְנֵ֣ה | qə·nêh | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7070 stalk, reed |
| in the man’s | הָאִ֜ישׁ | hā·’îš | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| hand | וּבְיַ֨ד | ū·ḇə·yaḏ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| six | שֵׁשׁ־ | šêš- | Number - feminine singular construct | H8337 six |
| cubits | אַמּ֤וֹת | ’am·mō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H520 ell, cubit |
| cubit | בָּֽאַמָּה֙ | bā·’am·māh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H520 ell, cubit |
| and a handbreadth | וָטֹ֔פַח | wā·ṭō·p̄aḥ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H2948 span, hand-breadth |
| and he measured | וַיָּ֜מָד | way·yā·māḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4058 measure |
| the | הַבִּנְיָן֙ | hab·bin·yān | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1146 structure |
| one | אֶחָ֔ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| rod | קָנֶ֣ה | qā·neh | Noun - masculine singular | H7070 stalk, reed |
| thick | רֹ֤חַב | rō·ḥaḇ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7341 breadth, width |
| one | אֶחָֽד׃ | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| rod | קָנֶ֥ה | qā·neh | Noun - masculine singular | H7070 stalk, reed |
| high | וְקוֹמָ֖ה | wə·qō·w·māh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H6967 height |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.