Ezekiel 41:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The entrances to the side chambers opened into the free space, with one entrance facing north and another facing south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפֶ֤תַח הַצֵּלָע֙ לַמֻּנָּ֔ח פֶּ֤תַח אֶחָד֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַצָּפ֔וֹן וּפֶ֥תַח אֶחָ֖ד לַדָּר֑וֹם וְרֹ֙חַב֙ מְק֣וֹם הַמֻּנָּ֔ח חָמֵ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת סָבִ֥יב ׀ סָבִֽיב׃

Transliteration

û-petaḥ the-ṣēlāʿ to-the-munnāḥ, petaḥ one derek the-ṣāpôn û-petaḥ one to-the-dārôm, wə-rōḥab məqôm the-munnāḥ five ʾammôt sābîb sābîb.

Grammar Details

• *û-petaḥ*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and entrance of
• *ṣēlāʿ*: definite noun, feminine singular - side chamber
• *munnāḥ*: definite Hophal participle masculine singular - the space left
• *petaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - entrance
• *derek*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of/toward
• *ṣāpôn*: definite noun, masculine singular - north
• *dārôm*: definite noun, masculine singular - south
• *wə-rōḥab*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and width of
• *məqôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - place of
• *sābîb*: adverb, repeated for emphasis - around/all around

Word Meanings

• *petaḥ*: entrance/doorway/opening
• *ṣēlāʿ*: side chamber/side room/lateral structure
• *munnāḥ*: space left/open area/free space
• *derek*: way/direction/toward
• *məqôm*: place/space/area

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the doors of the side chambers faced the space that was left, one door toward the north and another door toward the south: and the width of the space that was left was five cubits all around.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The chambre dores stode ouer agaynst the outwall, the one dore was towarde the north, ye other towarde the south: and the thicknesse of the outwall was v cubites rounde aboute.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the doores of the chambers were toward the place that remained, one doore toward the North, and another doore toward the South, and the breadth of the place that remained, was fiue cubites round about.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the doores of the chambers were toward the place that remayned, one doore toward the north, and another toward the south: & the breadth of the place that remayned was fiue cubites rounde about.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the doors of the side chambers [were] toward [the place that was] left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left [was] five cubits round about.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the opening of the side-chamber `is' to the place left, one opening northward, and one opening southward, and the breadth of the place that is left `is' five cubits all round about.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the doors of the side-chambers were toward `the place' that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the free space had doors opening from the side-rooms, one door on the north and one door on the south: and the free space was five cubits wide all round.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The doors of the side rooms were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits all around.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet all around.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 41:9 : 9 The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits thick, and there was a free space of open ground around the temple.
• Ezek 42:4 : 4 Opposite the chambers was a walkway ten cubits wide and one cubit long, and their entrances faced the north.