King James Version

Ezekiel 40:43

And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

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וְהַֽשְׁפַתַּ֗יִםvehashfatayimand the hookשָׁפָתconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “and the hook”, the ordinary formH8240a (double) stall (for cattle); also a (two-pronged) hook (for flaying animals on)hook, pot.טֹ֧פַחtofachhand-breadthטֹפַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “hand-breadth”, the ordinary formH2948{a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)}hand-breadth (broad).אֶחָ֛דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,מוּכָנִ֥יםmukhanimbe fittedכּוּןverb, hophal, passive participle, absolute — “be fitted”, a verb used as a describing wordH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…בַּבַּ֖יִתbabayitin familyבַּיִתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…סָבִ֣יבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.סָבִ֑יבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.וְאֶלveeland amongאֵלconjunction, preposition — “and 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).הַשֻּׁלְחָנ֖וֹתhashulchanotthe tableשֻׁלְחָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the table”, the ordinary formH7979a table (as spread out); by implication, a mealtable.בְּשַׂ֥רbesarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.הַקָּרְבָֽןhaqarevanthe oblationקׇרְבָּןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the oblation”, the ordinary formH7133something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial presentoblation, that is offered, offering.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the slabs, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about; and upon the tables was to be the flesh of the offering.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the boundaries [are] one handbreadth, prepared within all round about: and on the tables [is] the flesh of the offering.

World English Bible

The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around. The meat of the offering was on the tables.

Darby Translation

And the double hooks of a hand breadth were fastened round about within; and upon the tables [they put] the flesh of the offering.

Douay-Rheims

And the borders of them were of one handbreadth, turned inwards round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the slabs, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about; and upon the tables was to be the flesh of the offering.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they shall have within a border of hewn stone round about of a span broad, and over the tables above screens for covering them from the wet and from the heat.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ παλαιστὴν ἕξουσι γεῖσος λελαξευμένον ἔσωθεν κύκλῳ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς τραπέζας ἐπάνωθεν στέγας, τοῦ καλύπτεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑετοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ξηρασίας.