Ezekiel 41:16

The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
posts	הַסִּפִּ֡ים ha.si.Pim	H5592	a vestibule (as a limit) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
narrow	הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת Ha.'a.tu.mot	H331	to close (the lips or ears) · definite article + verb, qal passive participle, feminine plural absolute
windows	וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣ים ve.ha.cha.lo.Nim	H2474	a window (as perforated) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
galleries	וְהָאַתִּיקִ֤ים ve.ha.'a.ti.Kim	H862	a ledge or offset in abuilding · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
about	סָבִיב֙ sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
stories	לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔ם lish.la.she.Tam	H7969	three · preposition + cardinal number, feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
against	נֶ֧גֶד Ne.ged	H5048	a front · cardinal number, masculine singular construct
door	הַסַּ֛ף ha.Saf	H5592	a vestibule (as a limit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cieled	שְׂחִ֥יף se.Chif	H7824	a board (as chipped thin) · noun, common masculine singular construct
wood	עֵ֖ץ 'etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
about	סָבִ֣יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
ground	וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ ve.ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
windows	הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת ha.cha.lo.Not	H2474	a window (as perforated) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
windows	וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹת ve.ha.cha.lo.Not	H2474	a window (as perforated) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
covered	מְכֻסּֽוֹת me.khu.Sot	H3680	properly · verb, pual passive participle, feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
1 Kings 6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered t…
Ezekiel 40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and window…
Ezekiel 40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five an…
2 Chronicles 3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
Isaiah 6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Ezekiel 41:25-26 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 pl…
Ezekiel 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery agai…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:12–end

Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Eze 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Eze 41:13) with the measure of the house, and appears to be of equal dimensions with it. This stood in a court by itself, which is measured (Eze 41:15) and its galleries, or chambers belonging to it, its posts and windows, and the ornaments of them, Eze 41:15-17. But what use was to be made of this other building we are not told; perhaps, in this vision, it signified the setting up of a church among the Gentiles not inferior to the Jewish temple, but of quite another nature, and which should soon supersede it. 2.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:16

covered--being the highest windows they were "covered" from the view below. Or else "covered with lattice-work."

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:14

The breadth of the face of the house - That is, the front. See the plan, FRR.

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:16

The door posts and the narrow windows,.... Of the inner temple or holy of holies; for this is what is last mentioned; of the door posts of it, see Ezekiel 41:3, in the holy of holies, both in Moses's tabernacle, and Solomon's temple, were no windows; Jehovah dwelt in thick darkness, 1 Kings 8:12, but in this inner temple, or the more perfect state of the church on earth, there will be much light: these windows are said to be "narrow", that is, without, but broad within; and let in a great deal of light, which, though not discerned by those without, yet comfortably enjoyed by those within; and will be so great, that there will be no need of the sun or moon; Christ the Lamb will be the light o…

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Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Gallery — (1.) Heb. ‘attik (Ezek. 41:15, 16), a terrace; a projection; ledge. (2.) Heb. rahit (Cant. 1:17), translated “rafters,” marg. “galleries;” probably panel-work or fretted ceiling.
Houses · Had often several stories — Had often several stories

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 41:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:14

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:16

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 41:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:16

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:14

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:16

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 41:15-20

Rashi on Ezekiel 41:16