What Does Ezekiel 40:34 Mean in the King James?
And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
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
Hebrew names both the steps and the way upward with one root: the steps are the ascent.
THE MEANING
The inner gate faces the outer court, with palms on its posts on both sides and eight steps rising to it. As you read, entry takes the form of a visible opening and a measured climb.
THE ROOT
מַעֲלוֹת
maʿalot
GROWS FROM
עלה
to go up, rise, ascend
The verse says both “going up” and “steps,” but Hebrew uses מַעֲלוֹת (maʿalot, “steps”) and מַעֲלָיו (maʿalav, “its ascent”), forms from the same root עלה (ʿ-l-h, “to ascend”). The threshold and the climb are one movement in the language: the steps are an ascent made visible.
ALSO GROWS
maʿălāh: ascent; step
מַעֲלָה
This is the singular form behind the verse’s “steps,” making the stairs themselves an ascent.
ʿōlāh: burnt offering; literally, that which goes up
עֹלָה
The same root names what rises in an offering, extending the language of ascent beyond the gate’s stairs.
THE PATTERN
The way into God’s presence is pictured as a defined route that rises or opens into the holy.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,THE THREAD
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?The Hebrew verb עָלָה (ʿālāh, “to ascend”) in the psalm comes from the same root עלה (ʿ-l-h, “to go up”) as Ezekiel’s word for “steps” and “ascent.” Ezekiel gives that ascent a physical form; the psalm asks about ascending to the LORD’s hill and standing in his holy place.
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