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Ezekiel 40:23

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

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וְשַׁ֨עַר֙veshaarand doorשַׁעַרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).לֶחָצֵ֣רlechatserto courtחָצֵרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to court”, the ordinary formH2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)court, tower, village.הַפְּנִימִ֔יhapnimithe interiorפְּנִימִיdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “the interior”, the ordinary formH6442interior(with-) in(-ner, -ward).נֶ֣גֶדnegedagainstנֶגֶדpreposition — “against”H5048a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or beforeabout, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.הַשַּׁ֔עַרhashaarthe doorשַׁעַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).לַצָּפ֖וֹןlatsafonto northצָפוֹןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).וְלַקָּדִ֑יםvelaqadimand to eastקָדִיםconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and to east”, the ordinary formH6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)east(-ward, wind).וַיָּ֧מָדvayamadand measureמָדַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and measure”, the next action in the storyH4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extendedmeasure, mete, stretch self.מִשַּׁ֛עַרmishaarfrom doorשַׁעַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).שַׁ֖עַרshaardoorשַׁעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).מֵאָ֥הmeahhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.אַמָּֽהamahcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cubit”, the ordinary formH520properly, 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)cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, northward as also eastward; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the gate of the inner court [is] over-against the gate at the north and at the east; and he measureth from gate unto gate, a hundred cubits.

World English Bible

There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

Darby Translation

And the gate of the inner court was opposite to the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

Douay-Rheims

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate of the north, and that of the ease: and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, northward as also eastward; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πύλη τῇ αὐλῇ τῇ ἐσωτέρᾳ βλέπουσα ἐπὶ πύλην τοῦ Βοῤῥᾶ, ὃν τρόπον τῆς πύλης τῆς βλεπούσης κατὰ ἀνατολάς· καὶ διεμέτρησε τὴν αὐλὴν ἀπὸ πύλης ἐπὶ πύλην, πήχεις ἑκατόν.