King James Version

Ezekiel 41:2

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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וְרֹ֣חַבverochavand breadthרֹחַבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and breadth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.הַפֶּתַח֮hapetachthe doorפֶּתַחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the door”, the ordinary formH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.עֶ֣שֶׂרesertenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.אַמּוֹת֒amotcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, 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.וְכִתְפ֣וֹתvekhitfotand armכָּתֵףconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3802the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythingarm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.הַפֶּ֔תַחhapetachthe doorפֶּתַחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the door”, the ordinary formH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.חָמֵ֤שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).אַמּוֹת֙amotcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, 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.מִפּ֔וֹmipvofrom hereפֹּהpreposition, adverb — “from here”H6311this place (French ici), i.e. here or hencehere, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.וְחָמֵ֥שׁvechameshand fiveחָמֵשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).אַמּ֖וֹתamotcubitאַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, 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.מִפּ֑וֹmipvofrom hereפֹּהpreposition, adverb — “from here”H6311this place (French ici), i.e. here or hencehere, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.וַיָּ֤מָדvayamadand 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.אָרְכּוֹ֙arekvolengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.אַרְבָּעִ֣יםarbaimfortyאַרְבָּעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.אַמָּ֔הamahcubitאַמָּהnoun, 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.וְרֹ֖חַבverochavand breadthרֹחַבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and breadth”, the ordinary formH7341width (literally or figuratively)breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.עֶשְׂרִ֥יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).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 the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side; and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the breadth of the opening [is] ten cubits; and the sides of the opening [are] five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and he measureth its length forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

World English Bible

The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side. He measured its length, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

Darby Translation

And the breadth of the entry was ten cubits, and the sides of the entry were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Douay-Rheims

And the breadth of the gate was ten cubits: and the sides of the gate five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side-pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ πηχῶν ἓξ τὸ εὖρος τοῦ αἰλὰμ ἔνθεν, καὶ τὸ εὖρος τοῦ πυλῶνος πηχῶν δέκα, καὶ ἐπωμίδες τοῦ πυλῶνος πηχῶν πέντε ἔνθεν, καὶ πηχῶν πέντε ἔνθεν· καὶ διεμέτρησε τὸ μῆκος αὐτοῦ πηχῶν τεσσαράκοντα, καὶ τὸ εὖρος πηχῶν εἴκοσι.