What Does Ezekiel 40:14 Mean in the King James?
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
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 entrance is framed by posts whose Hebrew name also belongs to the language of strength.
THE MEANING
The posts are measured at sixty cubits, and the court’s post marks the gate within a boundary that circles it. The entrance is a supported, measured frame, with the enclosure continuing around it.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The gate is not merely a gap in an enclosure; it has its own supports and surrounding frame.
THE ROOT
אֵילִים
ʾēlîm
GROWS FROM
א־י־ל
ʾ-y-l
Might, strength
The word translated “posts” is the plural of אֵיל (ʾayil), a noun also used for a ram and a mighty one. Its architectural sense places the gate’s support within a word-family of strength: the entrance is borne by its frame.
ALSO GROWS
ram: A ram; a male sheep
אַיִל
The same noun also names a ram, bringing an image of force into the word-family used for the gate’s supports.
mighty one: A strong person or leader
אֵיל
This sense makes the family’s association with strength explicit, illuminating the posts as the gate’s supporting frame.
strength: Strength, might
אֱיָל
This related form names the force carried by the structure that frames the entrance.
סָבִיב סָבִיב
sāvîv sāvîv
GROWS FROM
ס־ב־ב
s-b-b
To turn, go around, encircle
“round about” in this verse is sāvîv sāvîv. The Hebrew repeats the word for “around.” The gate is framed not only at its opening; the boundary continues all around it.
ALSO GROWS
around: Around; on every side
סָבִיב
Repeated here, it emphasizes the court’s enclosure around the gate.
surround: To go around, turn, or encircle
סָבַב
The verbal root carries the movement of a boundary continuing around the entrance.
THE PATTERN
A sacred approach takes shape through measured boundaries and framed entrances.
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:THE THREAD
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.The next verse repeats the same Hebrew word for the gate’s posts, then places palm trees on each one. The measured supports belong to a continuing frame, patterned with openings and living forms.
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