jamb

noun (jambs)

«jamb» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

The side post of a door or window frame. tree →

in tales a door speaks of the beam fixed in its jambs, which hold it in place

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In Ezekiel it means the side posts of the gates and doorways in the vision of the future Temple.

Interpretation. Tradition treats Ezekiel's detailed measurements of the future Temple as a promise that the Temple will be rebuilt.

As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance. (Prophets EZK.41.21, JPS 1917) tree →
Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof; and he measured the jamb of the gate, one reed broad, and the other jamb, one reed broad. (Prophets EZK.40.6, JPS 1917) tree →
And every cell was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the cells was five cubits; and the jambs of the gate by the porch of the gate within were one reed. (Prophets EZK.40.7, JPS 1917) tree →

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