Ezekiel 42:16
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָדַד
mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
מִדָּה
middâh
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribu...
קָנֶה
qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אֲגַם
ʼăgam
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
מִדָּה
middâh
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribu...
קָנֶה
qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Key Terms in This Verse
מִדָּה middâh
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
Study H4060 →אֲגַם ʼăgam
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
Study H98 →מִדָּה middâh
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
Study H4060 →קָנֶה qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Study H7070 →קָנֶה qâneh
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Study H7070 →מָדַד mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Study H4058 →קָדִים qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Study H6921 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →Cross References
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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