King James Version
Ezekiel 41:8 in the King James Version says “I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubit...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.”
Ezekiel 41:8 · KJV
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
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“of the side chambers”
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
“reed”
H7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
“of 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)
“great”
H679a joint of the hand (i.e., knuckle); also (according to some) a party-wall (ezekiel 41:8)
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