Ezekiel 41:19

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Ezekiel 41:19 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about:
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    the face of a man looked toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward a palm tree on the other side. They were carved all around the entire house.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about:
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side. `thus was it' made through all the house round about:
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: thus was it made through all the house round about.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    So that the face of a man was towarde the palme tree on the one side, and the face of a lyon toward the palme tree on the other side: thus was it made through all the house round about.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    The face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion was toward the palm tree on the other side: set forth through all the house round about.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and the face of man `is' unto the palm-tree on this side, and the face of a young lion unto the palm-tree on that side; it is made unto all the house all round about.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the face of a man toward the palm-tree on this side and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on that side; it is made to all the house all around.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    the face of a man looked toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward a palm tree on the other side. They were carved all around the entire house.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    the face of a man looked toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward a palm tree on the other side. They were carved all around the entire house.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    the face of a man was toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side: [so] was it made upon all the house round about.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this through all the house all around.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    So that the face of a man was towards the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion towards the palm-tree on the other side: it was made through all the house around.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    a man's face looked in the direction of a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked in the direction of the palm tree on the other side. These carvings extended the whole way round the Temple.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    So that there was the face of a man turned to the palm-tree on one side, and the face of a young lion on the other side: so it was made all round the house.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side; thus was it made through all the house round about.

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הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙
timmôr
H8561
“the · palm ornament”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same root as H8558

TWOT: 2523c

palm tree figure (as ornament)
  1. וּפְנֵ֨י pânîym H6440 “and · face(s) of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  2. אָדָ֤ם ʼâdâm H120 “man” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  3. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  4. מִפּ֔וֹ pôh H6311 “from · here” Preposition + Adverb
  5. וּפְנֵֽי pânîym H6440 “and · face(s) of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  6. כְפִ֥יר kᵉphîyr H3715 “young lion” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  8. הַתִּֽמֹרָ֖ה timmôr H8561 “the · palm ornament” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  9. מִפּ֑וֹ pôh H6311 “from · here” Preposition + Adverb
  10. עָשׂ֥וּי ʻâsâh H6213 “done” Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  11. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  12. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. הַבַּ֖יִת bayith H1004 “the · house” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  14. סָבִ֥יב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  15. סָבִֽיב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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16
words
10
distinct lemmas
Prophets
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙ palm ornament H8561 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙ palm ornament H8561 occurs in 16 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 10 nouns
  • 3 prepositions
  • 2 adverbs

Verb forms

  • עָשׂ֥וּי Qal · Participle Passive

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וּפְנֵ֨י face H6440 ×2
  • הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙ palm ornament H8561 ×2
  • מִפּ֔וֹ here H6311 ×2
  • סָבִ֥יב round about H5439 ×2
  • אֶל to H413 ×3

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 42 words from the Hebrew and 40 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

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 16 Hebrew tokens and 22 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 41:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 10:14 Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
  • Ezekiel 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Ezekiel 41:19 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּפְנֵ֨י אָדָ֤ם אֶל הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙ מִפּ֔וֹ וּפְנֵֽי כְפִ֥יר אֶל הַתִּֽמֹרָ֖ה מִפּ֑וֹ עָשׂ֥וּי אֶל כָּל הַבַּ֖יִת סָבִ֥יב סָבִֽיב

so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about:

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 41:19 Septuagint · lemma form

πρόσωπον ἄνθρωπος πρός ὁ φοῖνιξ ἔνθεν καί ἔνθεν καί πρόσωπον λέων πρός ὁ φοῖνιξ ἔνθεν καί ἔνθεν διαγλύφω ὅλος ὁ οἶκος κυκλόθεν

The face of a man was toward one palm tree on this side and on that side, and the face of a lion toward another palm tree on this side and on that side: the house was carved all round.

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)
    וְאַפֵּי אֱנָשָׁא עֲבִיד לְכוֹתַרְתָּא מִכָּא וְאַפֵּי אַרְיָא עֲבִיד לְכוֹתַרְתָּא מִכָּא גְלִיף עַל כָּל בֵּיתָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר:

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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 41:19 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

Eze 41:19 So that the face of a man [was] toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: [it was] made through all the house round about.

Ver. 19. So that the face of a man.] See Eze 1:10.

And the face of a young lion towards the palm tree.] The palm tree, as it grew best in Judea, so it is probable that from the temple at Jerusalem it came at first, that the heathens put the palm for a sign of victory, and that the picture of Victory among them had in the one hand a palm, and in the other an olive branch. Wisdom (the praise of a man) and courage (the property of a lion), zeal and discretion, as they make a good mixture, so they conquer and carry it.

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.

John Gill's Exposition

So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side,.... The cherubim in this verse are the same with the living creatures this prophet saw by the river Chebar, and which he knew to be the cherubim, Eze 10:20 and the same with John's four beasts or living creatures in Rev 4:7 and he being the last that wrote concerning them, gives the clearest account of them; and by which the best judgment may be formed about them; and from which it appears that they are men redeemed by the blood of Christ; and as they are on the one hand distinguished from angels, so on the other from the four and twenty elders, or common Christians, Rev 4:8 and plainly design the ministers of the word, and who are everywhere to be understood by them: their having the face of a man shows they are men, and have to do with men, and should be humane, kind, and tender, knowing and understanding as men; See Gill on Eze 1:10, and their face being

towards the palm tree shows that they should be upright and sincere in their doctrine, ministry, and conversation; that they should bear all weights and pressures laid upon them patiently; and rise up heavenwards in their affections and desires, and in their expectation of help and assistance in their work, and triumph in Christ, through whom they are conquerors; the palm tree being an emblem of these things:

and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side; this face of the cherubim denotes the strength of Gospel ministers they have from Christ to do their work, defend the Gospel, withstand gainsayers, and support the weak, and bear with their infirmities; as also their boldness, courage, and intrepidity, in preaching the Gospel of Christ without fear of men; of this their face, and the other two not mentioned here; see Gill on Eze 1:10,

it was made through all the house round about; that is, the cherubim and palm trees were carved or portrayed in the form and order here described throughout the holy of holies, as Jarchi interprets the house; and signifies that Gospel ministers shall have a place, and peculiar honour done them, in the New Jerusalem state, who will be particularly rewarded then, Rev 11:18.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

The face of a man, this one face, the other

of a young lion. Now as to the aspect, it was thus; the cherub between two palm trees looked towards both trees, towards the one a man’s face, towards the other a young lion’s face, looked. And thus it was through the whole house round about, and from bottom to top, as Eze 41:20.

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

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Through all the house - And thus it was through the whole house round about.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

made upon the entire House of the Holy of Holies.

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.

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Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 16 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is timmôr (“palm ornament”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “palm ornament” (timmôr) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. 1 Kings 6:29 shares the word «palm ornament» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “face” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. The verb «עָשׂ֥וּי» is Qal Participle Passive. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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