Ezekiel 41:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

On the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees were carved like those on the walls. There was also a wooden canopy over the outer entrance hall.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַעֲשׂוּיָ֨ה אֲלֵיהֶ֜ן אֶל־דַּלְת֤וֹת הַֽהֵיכָל֙ כְּרוּבִ֣ים וְתִֽמֹרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשׂוּיִ֖ם לַקִּיר֑וֹת וְעָ֥ב עֵ֛ץ אֶל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאוּלָ֖ם מֵהַחֽוּץ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿăśûyâ unto-them unto-daltôt the-hêkāl kərûbîm wə-timōrîm as which ʿăśûyîm to-the-qîrôt, wə-ʿāb ʿēṣ unto-pənê the-ʾûlām from-the-ḥûṣ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿăśûyâ*: waw conjunction + Qal passive participle feminine singular - and made/fashioned
• *daltôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - doors of
• *hêkāl*: definite noun, masculine singular - temple/palace
• *kərûbîm*: noun, masculine plural - cherubim
• *wə-timōrîm*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and palm trees
• *ʿăśûyîm*: Qal passive participle masculine plural - made/fashioned
• *qîrôt*: definite noun, feminine plural - walls
• *wə-ʿāb*: waw conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and thick
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - wood
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of/front of
• *ʾûlām*: definite noun, masculine singular - porch/vestibule
• *ḥûṣ*: definite noun, masculine singular - outside

Word Meanings

• *ʿăśûyâ*: made/fashioned/carved
• *daltôt*: doors/leaves/panels
• *hêkāl*: temple/palace/main hall
• *kərûbîm*: cherubim/angelic beings
• *timōrîm*: palm trees/palm-tree decorations
• *qîrôt*: walls/partitions
• *ʿāb*: thick/threshold/wood beam
• *pənê*: face of/front of
• *ʾûlām*: porch/vestibule/entrance hall
• *ḥûṣ*: outside/exterior

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And on the doors of the temple there were cherubim and palm trees made, just as they were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks on the face of the porch outside.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there were made{H6213} on them, on the doors{H1817} of the temple,{H1964} cherubim{H3742} and palm-trees,{H8561} like as were made{H6213} upon the walls;{H7023} and there was a threshold{H5646} of wood{H6086} upon the face{H6440} of the porch{H197} without.{H2351}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there were made{H6213}{(H8803)} on them, on the doors{H1817} of the temple{H1964}, cherubims{H3742} and palm trees{H8561}, like as were made{H6213}{(H8803)} upon the walls{H7023}; and there were thick{H5646} planks{H6086} upon the face{H6440} of the porch{H197} without{H2351}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And vpon the dores of the temple there were made Cherubins and date trees, like as vpon the walles: and a greate thicke balke of wodde was before on the outsyde of the porche.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And vpon the doores of the Temple there were made Cherubims and palmetrees, like as was made vpon the walles, and there were thicke plankes vpon the forefront of the porch without.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And vpon the doores of the temple, there were made Cherubims & paulme trees, lyke as was made vpon the walles: & thicke beames vpon the forefront of the porche without.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [there were] made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as [were] made upon the walls; and [there were] thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch outside.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And made on them, on the doors of the temple, `are' cherubs and palm-trees as are made on the walls, and a thickness of wood `is' at the front of the porch on the outside.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm-trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there was a threshold of wood upon the face of the porch without.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm-trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there was a threshold of wood upon the face of the porch without.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And on them were pictured winged ones and palm-trees, as on the walls; and a ... of wood was on the front of the covered way outside.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch outside.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood on the front of the outside porch.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 41:18 : 18 It was decorated with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces.