1)

What does "Kol Eleh" refer to?

1.

Radak: It is the houses mentioned - Beis Hashem, his house, Beis Mishpat, Beis Bas Pharaoh and their Chatzeros.

2)

What are "Yekaros"?

1.

Refer to 5:31:2:1-3 and the note there.

3)

What is "k'Midos Gazis"?

1.

Rashi: Like the measure of cut rocks; they had a known measure in the country. Radak - in the days of the Gemara, this was five Tefachim 1 (Bava Basra 2a).


1

Refer to 5:31:3:2*.

4)

What are "Meguraros ba'Megerah"?

1.

Radak: They are cut with a saw. They are smoother and straighter than rocks cut with chisels.

2.

Malbim: They were sawed, and slope on the inside and outside.

5)

What is "mi'Bayis umi'Chutz"?

1.

Radak: They were sawed on both sides.

6)

What is the meaning of "umi'Masad Ad ha'Tefachos"?

1.

Rashi: The entire height of the building was from these rocks, from the foundation until the ceiling beams. Masad is the foundation, and ha'Tefachos is the ceiling beams - "vi'Ymini Tipchah Shamayim" (Yeshayah 48:13). Radak - they are called Tefachos because the rocks on which we place the ceiling beams jut out a Tefach from the wall.

7)

What is "umi'Chutz"?

1.

Rashi: On the outside, [all of these walls were from these rocks].

2.

Gra: "Umi'Chutz Ad ha'Chatzer ha'Gedolah" means from one end to the other.

8)

Why does it say "Ad ha'Chatzer ha'Gedolah"?

1.

Radak: The building was like this until the big Chatzer, but the big Chatzer was different - "Sheloshah Turei Gazis v'Tur Kerusos Arazim" (6:36).

2.

Refer to 7:9:7:2.

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