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Ezekiel 40

Ez. 40:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there were δnarrow
'atam (Hebrew #331)
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
KJV usage: narrow, shut, stop.
Pronounce: aw-tam'
Origin: a primitive root
f windows
challown (Hebrew #2474)
a window (as perforated)
KJV usage: window.
Pronounce: khal-lone'
to the little chambers
ta' (Hebrew #8372)
from (the base of) 8376; a room (as circumscribed)
KJV usage: (little) chamber.
Pronounce: taw
Origin: and (feminine) ta ah (Ezek. 40:12) {taw-aw'}
, and to their 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
within
pniymah (Hebrew #6441)
faceward, i.e. indoors
KJV usage: (with-)in(-ner part, -ward).
Pronounce: pen-ee'-maw
Origin: from 6440 with directive enclitic
the 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
round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
, and likewise to the ζarches
'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)
: and windows
challown (Hebrew #2474)
a window (as perforated)
KJV usage: window.
Pronounce: khal-lone'
were round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
ηinward
pniymah (Hebrew #6441)
faceward, i.e. indoors
KJV usage: (with-)in(-ner part, -ward).
Pronounce: pen-ee'-maw
Origin: from 6440 with directive enclitic
: and upon each post
'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
were 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'}
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narrow.
Heb. closed.
the little.
arches.
or, galleries, or porches.
inward.
or, within.
palm trees.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there were closedc windows to the chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the projectionsd; and the windows round about were inward; and upon each post were palm-treese.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "latticed," or "with fixed frames."
d
Or "buttresses" (or "piers"). The meaning of the Hebrew term is not clearly ascertained.
e
Or "palms."