The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
This portico faced the outer courtyard with carved palm trees on its walls and eight steps going up to it.
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The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
And the arches thereof were towarde the vtter court, and palme trees were vpon the postes thereof, and the going vp to it had eight steppes.
And the porch thereof to the outward court, and the palm trees thereof in the front: and there were eight steps to go up to It.
and its arches `are' unto the outer court, and palm-trees `are' unto its posts, and eight steps `are' its ascent.
and its arches [are] toward the outer court, and palm-trees [are] on its posts, and eight steps [are] its ascent.
This portico faced the outer courtyard with carved palm trees on its walls and eight steps going up to it.
This portico faced the outer courtyard with carved palm trees on its walls and eight steps going up to it.
And its projections were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts: and its ascent was [by] eight steps.
Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps.
And its arches were towards the outer court; and palm-trees were upon its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and its pillars were decorated with palm tree designs. It had eight steps leading up to it.
The covered way was on the side nearest the outer square; and there were palm-trees on the uprights: and there were eight steps going up to it.
And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof; and the going up to it had eight steps.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is מעלו ascent H4608 — appearing just 18 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
מעלו ascent H4608 occurs in 15 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 26 words from the Hebrew and 18 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 12 Hebrew tokens and 14 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.
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Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 18 words vs World English Bible 26. 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.
וְאֵלַמָּ֗ו אֶל חָצֵר֙ הַחִ֣צוֹנָ֔ה וְתִמֹרִ֖ים אֶל אילו אֵילָ֑יו וּמַעֲל֥וֹת שְׁמוֹנֶ֖ה מעלו מַעֲלָֽיו
The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί αιλαμμω εἰς ὁ αὐλή ὁ ἐξώτερος καί φοῖνιξ ὁ αιλευ καί ὀκτώ κλιμακτήρ
from the porch to the outer court: and there were palm-trees to the post thereof, and eight steps.
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 →
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וְאוּלַמוֹהִי לְדַרְתָּא בַּרַיְתָא וְכוּתְרָן עַל אֵילוֹהִי וְדַרְגָן תְּמַנְיָא דַרְגוֹהִי:
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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.
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Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 12 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is maʻăleh (“ascent”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Ezekiel 40:31 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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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.