Ezekiel 40:23
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָצֵר
châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
מָדַד
mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָדַד mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Study H4058 →חָצֵר châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Study H2691 →צָפוֹן tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Study H6828 →קָדִים qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Study H6921 →אַמָּה ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
Study H520 →Cross References
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate havin...
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