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title: אֵילָם — porch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵילָם (361), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: porch. BDB 1906: n.m. porch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵילָם

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«אֵילָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **porch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 49 times · **Key:** 361 · **BDB:** אֵילָם

### Glosses

the.porch (20); porches (15); porch (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

porch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/361/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. porch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/361/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. porch (= אוּלָם, q.v.; only Ez, where Co always for אוּלָם, cf. 𝔊 αἰλαμ; BöNÄ 929 makes אילם vestibule, אולם porch)—אֵילָם read for אֵילִים Ez 40:37 (so Sm Co); sf. אילמו Kt Ez 40:22(×2) + 4 times (Qr אֵילַמָּיו) + 41:15 Co (for MT אֻלַמֵּי); אלמו Kt Ez 40:21 + 6 times (Qr אֵלַמָּיו).—Co all sg.:—pl. אֵלַמּוֹת Ez 40:16 (Co sg.) v 30 (del. Co cf. MSS. of ℌ, B etc., also Ew Hi Sm).—porch, of Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:16, 21 + 13 times.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵילָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/361/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 40:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.8/)

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וַיָּ֜מָד אֶת־אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֛עַר מֵהַבַּ֖יִת קָנֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.measured (et) the.porch of the.gate from the house a.reed one

*JPS 1917:* He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

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[Ezekiel 40:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.30/)

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וְאֵֽלַמּ֖וֹת סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֑יב אֹ֗רֶךְ חָמֵ֤שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ אַמָּ֔ה וְרֹ֖חַב חָמֵ֥שׁ אַמּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and porches \[were\].all.around all.around \[the\].length \[was\].five and twenty cubit\[s\] and.\[the\] breadth \[was\].five cubits

*JPS 1917:* And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

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