以西結書 40:36 猶太思想：The Third Beit HaMikdash

Concerning the height of this gateway, Radak writes:⁴In his commentary to Yechezkel 40:15. I am amazed at [Rashi’s] interpretation, for nowhere in the narrative is a measure for the height of the gateways mentioned. Similarly, in the Second Beis HaMikdash, there was no gateway that was 50 cubits high. All of the gateways were 10 cubits wide and 20 cubits high, except for the gateway to the Ulam (the Entrance Hall),⁵Middos 2:3. which was 40 cubits high. [Moreover,] where [in Scripture] is the term orech used to refer to height?⁶Further in the narrative, in his commentary to Yechezkel 40:36, Rashi interprets the words orech chamishim amah as referring to a height of 50 cubits. Orech always refers to one of the coordinates of area. The term govah, by contrast, refers to height or depth.