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Ezekiel 40

Ezek. 40:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 were toward the outward
chiytsown (Hebrew #2435)
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
KJV usage: outer, outward, utter, without.
Pronounce: khee-tsone'
Origin: from 2434
court
chatser (Hebrew #2691)
from 2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Pronounce: khaw-tsare'
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
; and palm trees
timmor (Hebrew #8561)
from the same root as 8558; (arch.) a palm-like pilaster (i.e. umbellate)
KJV usage: palm tree.
Pronounce: tim-more'
Origin: (plural o or (feminine) timmorah (singular and plural) {tim-mo-raw'}
were upon 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, on this side, and on that side: and the going up
ma`aleh (Hebrew #4608)
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
KJV usage: ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
Pronounce: mah-al-eh'
Origin: from 5927
to it had eight
shmoneh (Hebrew #8083)
feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV usage: eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth.
Pronounce: shem-o-neh'
Origin: or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}
steps
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
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Arch,
Court,
Palm; Palm Tree

Cross References

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palm trees.That is, probably, the capital of each pillar was ornamented with sculpture, representing leaves or branches of the palm tree.eight steps.
Ezek. 40:6,22,26,31,34,37,49• 6Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
 22And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
 26And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
 31And 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.
 34And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
 37And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
 49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. (Ezek. 40:6,22,26,31,34,37,49)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And its projections were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts on this side and on that side: and its ascent was by eight steps.