The meaning of “אַתּוּק”
Understanding ʼattûwq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or אַתִּיק ʼattîyq (at-teek'); from נָתַק in the sense of decreasing gallery. - a ledge or offset in abuilding 1) galler...
אַתּוּק
or אַתִּיק ʼattîyq (at-teek'); from נָתַק in the sense of decreasing gallery. - a ledge or offset in abuilding 1) gallery, porch
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel 41:15 | “And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;” Word: אַתּוּק (ʼattûwq) | |
| Ezekiel 41:16 | “The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;” Word: אַתּוּק (ʼattûwq) | |
| Ezekiel 42:3 | “Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.” Word: אַתּוּק (ʼattûwq) | |
| Ezekiel 42:5 | “Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.” Word: אַתּוּק (ʼattûwq) |