Ezekiel 42:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For they [were] in threeמְשֻׁלָּשֹׁות֙
(me·shul·la·sho·vt)
8027: to do a third time, divide into three partsdenominative verb from shalosh
stories and had noוְאֵ֤ין
(ve·'ein)
369: nothing, noughta prim. root
pillarsעַמּוּדִ֔ים
(am·mu·dim,)
5982: a pillar, columnfrom amad
like the pillarsכְּעַמּוּדֵ֖י
(ke·'am·mu·dei)
5982: a pillar, columnfrom amad
of the courts;הַחֲצֵרֹ֑ות
(ha·cha·tze·ro·vt;)
2691a: enclosure, courtfrom an unused word
thereforeעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
[the upper chambers] were set backנֶאֱצַ֗ל
(ne·'e·tzal)
680: to lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withholda denominative verb from the same as etsel
from the groundמֵהָאָֽרֶץ׃
(me·ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root
upward, more than 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
the lowerמֵהַתַּחְתֹּונֹ֛ות
(me·hat·tach·to·v·no·vt)
8481: lower, lowestfrom tachath
and middle ones.וּמֵהַתִּֽיכֹנֹ֖ות
(u·me·hat·ti·cho·no·vt)
8484: middlefrom the same as tavek


















KJV Lexicon
For they were in three
shalash  (shaw-lash')
to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years) -- do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
stories but had not pillars
`ammuwd  (am-mood')
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform -- apiece, pillar.
as the pillars
`ammuwd  (am-mood')
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform -- apiece, pillar.
of the courts
chatser  (khaw-tsare')
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls) -- court, tower, village.
therefore the building was straitened
'atsal  (aw-tsal')
to join; to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract -- keep, reserve, straiten, take.
more than the lowest
tachtown  (takh-tone')
bottommost -- lower(-est), nether(-most).
and the middlemost
tiykown  (tee-kone')
central -- middle(-most), midst.
from the ground
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.

King James Bible
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories.

International Standard Version
The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers.

NET Bible
For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The rooms were in three stories. They didn't have pillars like the pillars in the courtyards. That is why the rooms on the third story were set farther back than those on the first and second stories.

King James 2000 Bible
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore the upper chambers were narrowed, more than the lower and the middle chambers from the ground.
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