King James Version
Ezekiel 42:8 in the King James Version says “For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.”
Ezekiel 42:8 · KJV
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. from under: or, from the place the entry: or, he that brought me as: or, as he came
The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of the chambers”
H3957a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“that were in the utter”
H2435properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
“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)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and lo before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“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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