And in the porticoוּבְאֻלָםof the gateהַשַּׁעַרwere twoשְׁנַיִםtablesשֻׁלְחָנוֹתon this sideמִפּוֹand twoוּשְׁנַיִםtablesשֻׁלְחָנוֹתon that side,מִפֹּהto slaughterלִשְׁחוֹטon themאֲלֵיהֶםthe burnt offeringהָעוֹלָהand the sin offeringוְהַחַטָּאתand the guilt offering.וְהָאָשָׁם
Ezekiel 40:39
Study it in the app“And in the portico of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, to slaughter on them the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 40:39, word by word
- And in the porticoאֻלָםulam
portico
Portico: the covered entrance in front of the main hall of a building. In the temple, the vestibule through which one entered.
Where else “ulam” appears- of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- were twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- tablesשֻׁלְחָנוֹתshulchanot
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchanot” appears- to slaughterשְׁחוֹטshechot
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “shechot” appears- the burnt offeringעוֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears- and the sin offeringחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- and the guilt offeringאָשָׁםasham
guilt offering
The sacrifice to make amends.
Where else “asham” appears
The context
38And there was a chamber with its entrance by the pilasters of the gates; there they would wash the burnt offering.
39 · This verse (above)
40And on the side, outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side that belonged to the portico of the gate, two tables.