King James Version

Ezekiel 42:5

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

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וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹתvehalshakhotand the chamberלִשְׁכָּהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the chamber”, the ordinary formH3957a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)chamber, parlour. Compare H5393 (נִשְׁכָּה).הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖תhaelyonotthe highעֶלְיוֹןdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “the high”, the ordinary formH5945an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).קְצֻר֑וֹתqetsurotmuch discouragedקָצַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “much discouraged”, a verb used as a describing wordH7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יוֹכְל֨וּyokhelveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.אַתִּיקִ֜יםatiqimgalleryאַתּוּקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “gallery”, the ordinary formH862a ledge or offset in abuildinggallery.מֵהֵ֗נָהmehenahfrom theirהֵנָּהpreposition, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “from their”H2007themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)[idiom] in, [idiom] such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹתmehatachtonotfrom the lowerתַּחְתּוֹןpreposition, definite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “from the lower”, the ordinary formH8481bottommostlower(-est), nether(-most).וּמֵהַתִּֽכֹנ֖וֹתumehatikhonotand from the middleתִּיכוֹןconjunction, preposition, definite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “and from the middle”, the ordinary formH8484centralmiddle(-most), midst.בִּנְיָֽןbinyanbuildingבִּנְיָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “building”, the ordinary formH1146an edificebuilding.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

World English Bible

Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building.

Darby Translation

And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

Douay-Rheims

Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from the lower parts, and from the midst of the building.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the upper walks were in like manner: for the peristyle projected from it, even from the range of columns below, and there was a space between; so were there a peristyle and a space between, and so were there two porticos.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ οἱ περίπατοι οἱ ὑπερῷοι ὡσαύτως· ὅτι ἐξείχετο τὸ περίστυλον ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ ὑποκάτωθεν περιστύλου, καὶ τὸ διάστημα· οὕτως περίστυλον καὶ διάστημα, καὶ οὕτως στοαὶ δύο.

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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