The Dotted Temple Wall — Ezekiel 41:20
הַהֵיכָל
What to look for
At the end of the verse describing the carved cherubim and palm trees — 'and the wall of the temple' — the final haheichal is dotted.
What it is
A dotted word in Ezekiel's visionary temple tour; the word appears twice nearby, and only this one carries the marks.
Why it matters
The dots flag a word the sentence may not need — the verse ends abruptly on it, and the scribes marked their question rather than trim the vision.
How it has been understood
Ezekiel's temple exists only in vision — no stone of it has ever been laid — yet the scribes measured its text as carefully as its builders would measure walls. A dotted word in an unbuilt sanctuary: precision extended even to architecture made of hope.