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.
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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| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִנֵּ֥ה | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| חוֹמָ֛ה | cho.Mah | a wall | H2346 → |
| מִח֥וּץ | mi.Chutz | [was] from [the] outside | H2351 → |
| לַבַּ֖יִת | la.Ba.yit | of the house | H1004 → |
| סָבִ֣יב׀ | sa.Viv | all around | H5439 → |
| סָבִ֑יב | sa.Viv | all around | H5439 → |
| וּבְיַ֨ד | u.ve.Yad | and in [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| הָאִ֜ישׁ | ha.'Ish | the man | H376 → |
| קְנֵ֣ה | ke.Neh | [the] reed of | H7070 → |
| הַמִּדָּ֗ה | ha.mi.Dah | the measurement | H4060 → |
| שֵׁשׁ־ | shesh- | [was] six | H8337 → |
| אַמּ֤וֹת | 'a.Mot | cubits | H520 → |
| בָּֽאַמָּה֙ | ba.'a.Mah | by the cubit | H520 → |
| וָטֹ֔פַח | va.To.fach | and a hand breadth | H2948 → |
| וַיָּ֜מָד | vai.Ya.mod | and he measured | H4058 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| רֹ֤חַב | Ro.chav | [the] breadth of | H7341 → |
| הַבִּנְיָן֙ | ha.bin.Yan | the structure | H1146 → |
| קָנֶ֣ה | ka.Neh | a reed | H7070 → |
| אֶחָ֔ד | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| וְקוֹמָ֖ה | ve.ko.Mah | and [the] height | H6967 → |
| קָנֶ֥ה | ka.Neh | a reed | H7070 → |
| אֶחָֽד׃ | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
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