What Does Ezekiel 40:10 Mean in the King James?
And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The gate’s symmetry is more than visual: every chamber and post on both sides belongs to one shared measure.
THE MEANING
The way into the holy space is shown with both sides held to the same dimension. Each chamber and post fits within a shared measure, so the entrance forms one coherent structure.
THE ROOT
מִדָּה
middah
GROWS FROM
מדד
To measure.
The noun מִדָּה (middah, measure or dimension) grows from מדד (mādad, to measure): the act of measuring becomes a settled dimension. The chambers and posts share more than a count; they are brought into one measure, making the gate a coherent whole.
ALSO GROWS
mādad: To measure or take a measurement.
מָדַד
This verb names the action behind the shared dimensions in the verse.
middot: Measures or dimensions; the plural of מִדָּה (middah).
מִדּוֹת
The plural form makes clear that distinct dimensions can still belong to the same measured order.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling becomes coherent as its separate parts are brought into shared proportion.
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:THE THREAD
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.The Hebrew verb translated “measured” here comes from מדד (mādad, to measure), the same root behind מִדָּה (middah, measure) in verse 10. The shared dimensions are the result of repeated measuring: the gate’s symmetry is made visible through the measure taken.
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