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Ezekiel 40:38

And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

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וְלִשְׁכָּ֣הvelishkahand chamberלִשְׁכָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and chamber”, the ordinary formH3957a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)chamber, parlour. Compare H5393 (נִשְׁכָּה).וּפִתְחָ֔הּufitchahand doorפֶּתַחconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.בְּאֵילִ֖יםbeeylimin oakאַיִלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in oak”, the ordinary formH352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong treemighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.הַשְּׁעָרִ֑יםhasharimthe doorשַׁעַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).שָׁ֖םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.יָדִ֥יחוּyadichvcast outדּוּחַverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cast out”, an unfinished actionH1740to thrust away; figuratively, to cleansecast out, purge, wash.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָעֹלָֽהhaolahthe ascentעֹלָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the ascent”, the ordinary formH5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766 (עֶוֶל).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And a chamber with the entry thereof was by the posts at the gates; there was the burnt-offering to be washed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the chamber and its opening [is] by the posts of the gates, there they purge the burnt-offering.

World English Bible

A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there.

Darby Translation

And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.

Douay-Rheims

And at every chamber was a door in the forefronts of the gates: there they washed the holocaust.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And a chamber with the entry thereof was by the posts at the gates; there was the burnt-offering to be washed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Its chambers and its door-ways, and its porches at the second gate served as a drain,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ παστοφόρια αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ θυρώματα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ αἰλαμμὼν αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τῆς πύλης τῆς δευτέρας ἔκρυσις,