King James Version
Ezekiel 41:5 in the King James Version says “After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.”
Ezekiel 41:5 · KJV
Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. one: Heb. side chamber over side chamber thirty: or, three and thirty times, or, foot have hold: Heb. be holden
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. there: Heb. it was made broader, and went round
KJV Study — Public Domain
“After he measured”
H4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“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)
“of every side chamber”
H6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e., leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an obje
“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)
“on every side”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“on every side”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“on every side”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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