King James Version
Ezekiel 41:14 in the King James Version says “Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.”
Ezekiel 41:14 · KJV
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
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; galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars
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; cieled: Heb. cieling of wood and from: or, and the ground unto the windows
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and of the separate place”
H1508the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
“toward the east”
H6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the east (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
“cubits”
H520properly, 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)
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