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Ezekiel 42

Ez. 42:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 east
qadiym (Hebrew #6921)
from 6923; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
KJV usage: east(-ward, wind).
Pronounce: kaw-deem'
Origin: or qadim {kaw-deem'}
νside
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
with the measuring
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
reed
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
, five
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
reeds
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
, with the measuring
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
reed
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
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'}
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wind.

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Ministry on This Verse

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side.
Heb. wind.
the measuring reed.Estimating the reed at 10® feet, 500 reeds will be nearly equal to a mile; so that from this statement we find the temple, with its outbuildings, was built on a square, nearly an English mile on each side, and four miles in circumference. This not only far exceeds the size of Solomon's temple, or that after the captivity, which was only 500 cubits, or a furlong, on each side, and exactly half a mile in circuit; but is nearly equal to the whole extent of Jerusalem itself, which, when greatest, was but 33 furlongs in circumference, somewhat less than 4 miles.
This seems clearly to intimate, that the vision cannot be explained of any temple that has hitherto been built, or indeed of any literal temple, but figuratively and mystically of the spiritual temple, the church under the gospel, and its spiritual glory.
Ez. 40:3• 3Y llevóme allí, y he aquí un varón, cuyo aspecto era como aspecto de metal, y tenía un cordel de lino en su mano, y una caña de medir: y él estaba á la puerta. (Ez. 40:3)
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Zac. 2:1• 1Alcé después mis ojos, y miré y he aquí un varón que tenía en su mano un cordel de medir. (Zac. 2:1)
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Ap. 11:1‑2• 1Y me fué dada una caña semejante á una vara, y se me dijo: Levántate, y mide el templo de Dios, y el altar, y á los que adoran en él.
 2Y echa fuera el patio que está fuera del templo, y no lo midas, porque es dado á los Gentiles; y hollarán la ciudad santa cuarenta y dos meses. (Ap. 11:1‑2)
• Doubtless, the space would be far larger than Mount Moriah as it is; but this is a small difficulty to the believer, who looks for great physical change according to prophecy. (“Notes on Ezekiel 42” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.