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Ezekiel 40:5

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

BSB

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ASV

And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

KJV

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
חוֹמָ֛הcho.Maha wallH2346
מִח֥וּץmi.Chutz[was] from [the] outsideH2351
לַבַּ֖יִתla.Ba.yitof the houseH1004
סָבִ֣יב׀sa.Vivall aroundH5439
סָבִ֑יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
וּבְיַ֨דu.ve.Yadand in [the] hand ofH3027
הָאִ֜ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
קְנֵ֣הke.Neh[the] reed ofH7070
הַמִּדָּ֗הha.mi.Dahthe measurementH4060
שֵׁשׁ־shesh-[was] sixH8337
אַמּ֤וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
בָּֽאַמָּה֙ba.'a.Mahby the cubitH520
וָטֹ֔פַחva.To.fachand a hand breadthH2948
וַיָּ֜מָדvai.Ya.modand he measuredH4058
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
רֹ֤חַבRo.chav[the] breadth ofH7341
הַבִּנְיָן֙ha.bin.Yanthe structureH1146
קָנֶ֣הka.Neha reedH7070
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259
וְקוֹמָ֖הve.ko.Mahand [the] heightH6967
קָנֶ֥הka.Neha reedH7070
אֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadoneH259

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain