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Ezekiel 40

Ezek. 40:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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After that he brought
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
me toward
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
the south
darowm (Hebrew #1864)
the south; poet. the south wind
KJV usage: south.
Pronounce: daw-rome'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, and behold a gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
toward
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
the south
darowm (Hebrew #1864)
the south; poet. the south wind
KJV usage: south.
Pronounce: daw-rome'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
: and he measured
madad (Hebrew #4058)
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
KJV usage: measure, mete, stretch self.
Pronounce: maw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root: properly, to stretch
the posts
'ayil (Hebrew #352)
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
KJV usage: mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
Pronounce: ah'-yil
Origin: from the same as 193
thereof and the arches
'eylam (Hebrew #361)
elam {ay-lawm'}; or (feminine) ielammah {ay-lam-maw'}; probably from 352; a pillar-space (or colonnade), i.e. a pale (or portico)
KJV usage: arch.
Pronounce: ay-lawm'
Origin: or (shortened)
thereof according to these measures
middah (Hebrew #4060)
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
KJV usage: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
Pronounce: mid-daw'
Origin: feminine of 4055
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Cross References

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and behold.
Ezek. 40:6,20,35• 6And he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps; and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold one reed broad.
 20And the gate of the outer court, that looked toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.
 35And he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measures: (Ezek. 40:6,20,35)
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Ezek. 46:9• 9And when the people of the land come in before Jehovah in the set feasts, he that cometh in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that cometh in by the way of the south gate shall go out by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go out straight before him. (Ezek. 46:9)
and he.
Ezek. 40:21,28‑29,33,35‑36• 21And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and breadth five and twenty cubits.
 28And he brought me into the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to these measures:
 29and 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.
 33and 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.
 35And he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measures:
 36its chambers, its posts, and its projections; and there were windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits. (Ezek. 40:21,28‑29,33,35‑36)
according.That is, according to the measures of the eastern and northern gates.
There does not appear to have been any gates on the west, though the courts seem to have extended to the western wall

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he brought me toward the southf: and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its posts and its projections according to these measures.

JND Translation Notes

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f
Heb. Darom, as ch. 20.46. so to ch. 42.18 (13 times). see Deut. 33.23.