Ezekiel 40:29

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and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its chambers, walls, and porticos measured the same as the other gates; there were windows all around in the portico. The inner gate and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof; according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And the chambers thereof, and the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures, and there were windowes in it, and in the arches thereof rounde about, it was fiftie cubites long and fiue and twentie cubites broade.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    The little chamber thereof, and the front thereof, and the porch thereof with the same measures: and the windows thereof, and the porch thereof round about it was fifty cubits in length, and five and twenty cubits in breadth.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches `are' according to these measures, and windows `are' to it and to its arches all round about; fifty cubits the length, and the breadth twenty and five cubits.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches [are] according to these measurements, and windows [are] in it and in its arches all around; the length—fifty cubits, and the breadth—twenty-five cubits.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its chambers, walls, and porticos measured the same as the other gates; there were windows all around in the portico. The inner gate and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its chambers, walls, and porticos measured the same as the other gates; there were windows all around in the portico. The inner gate and its portico measured fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in its arches around: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its alcoves, posts, and porch had the same measurements as those previously. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And the rooms in it and the uprights and the covered ways, by these measures:
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and the cells thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

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ותאו
tâʼ
H8372
“and · chamber · his”
Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from (the base of) H8376

TWOT: 2484

chamber, guardroom
  1. וְתָאָ֞יו tâʼ H8372 “and · chambers · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. ואילו ʼayil H352 “and · ram · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. וְאֵילָ֤יו ʼayil H352 “and · rams · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. ואלמו ʼêylâm H361 “and · porch · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  5. וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ ʼêylâm H361 “and · porches · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  6. כַּמִּדּ֣וֹת middâh H4060 “like/as the · measures” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  7. הָאֵ֔לֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “the · these” Particle, Definite Article + Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural
  8. וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת challôwn H2474 “and · windows” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute
  9. ולאלמו ʼêylâm H361 “and · to/for · porch · his” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יו ʼêylâm H361 “and · to/for · porches · his” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  11. סָבִ֣יב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  12. סָבִ֑יב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  13. חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים chămishshîym H2572 “fifty” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  14. אַמָּה֙ ʼammâh H520 “cubit” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  15. אֹ֔רֶךְ ʼôrek H753 “length” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  16. וְרֹ֕חַב rôchab H7341 “and · breadth” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  17. עֶשְׂרִ֥ים ʻesrîym H6242 “twenty” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  18. וְחָמֵ֖שׁ châmêsh H2568 “and · five” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  19. אַמּֽוֹת ʼammâh H520 “cubits” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute

About this verse

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21
words
13
distinct lemmas
Prophets
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is ותאו chamber H8372 — appearing just 17 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ותאו chamber H8372 occurs in 11 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 16 nouns
  • 3 adjectives
  • 1 pronoun
  • 1 preposition

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • ואלמו porch H361 ×4
  • ותאו chamber H8372 ×2
  • ואילו ram H352 ×2
  • סָבִ֣יב round about H5439 ×2
  • אַמָּה֙ cubit H520 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 42 words from the Hebrew and 6 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 21 Hebrew tokens and 31 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Ezekiel 40:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 40:25 There were windows in it and in the arches of it round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
  • Ezekiel 40:7 Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
  • Ezekiel 40:16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.
  • Ezekiel 40:10 The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:11–12 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy seat;
  • 2 Chronicles 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh; and they prepared them.
  • Nehemiah 13:5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests.
  • Nehemiah 13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and there brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.
  • Jeremiah 35:2–4 Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of Yahweh, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
  • Jeremiah 36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house, in the ears of all the people.
  • Ezekiel 40:12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
  • Ezekiel 40:21–22 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts of it and the arches of it were after the measure of the first gate: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 6 words vs World English Bible 42. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Ezekiel 40:29 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

ותאו וְתָאָ֞יו ואילו וְאֵילָ֤יו ואלמו וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ כַּמִּדּ֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת ל֛וֹ ולאלמו וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יו סָבִ֣יב סָבִ֑יב חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ וְרֹ֕חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ אַמּֽוֹת

and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 40:29 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ θεε καί ὁ αιλευ καί ὁ αιλαμμω κατά ὁ μέτρον οὗτος καί θυρίς αὐτός καί ὁ αιλαμμω κύκλος πῆχυς πεντήκοντα ὁ μῆκος αὐτός καί ὁ εὖρος πῆχυς εἴκοσι πέντε

and the chambers, and the posts,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וְתָווֹהִי וְאֵילוֹהִי וְאוּלֵמוֹהִי כִּמְשַׁחְתָּא הָאִלֵין וְכַוִין לֵיהּ וּלְאוּלֵמוֹהִי סְחוֹר סְחוֹר חַמְשִׁין אַמִין אוּרְכָּא וּפוּתְיָא עַסְרִין וַחֲמֵשׁ אַמִין:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Ezekiel 40:29 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

29. arches thereof] porch thereof.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long,.... That is, high; this was the height of them; these were the frontispiece of the gate to the inner court without, and faced the outward court, as appears by the following verse; these were a kind of portico over the eight steps to this gate after mentioned; they were fourteen yards and three inches high, from the bottom to the top of them:

and five cubits broad; two yards and a half, one foot and three inches; and which very probably were the breadth of the steps that came up to them: none of these arches were in the second temple, as Lipman (m) observes.

(m) Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 22.

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Fifty cubits long: see Eze 40:15.

Five and twenty cubits broad: see Eze 40:13.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 21 words (13 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tâʼ (“chamber”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word tâʼ carries the sense “chamber.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. 1 Kings 14:28 shares the word «chamber» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “porch” occurs 4× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs shorter here. What questions does that raise?
  5. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  6. Reading how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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