And according to the entrancesוּכְפִתְחֵיof the chambersהַלְּשָׁכוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרwere toward the southדֶּרֶךְ הַדָּרוֹםthere was an entranceפֶּתַחat the headבְּרֹאשׁof the way,דָּרֶךְthe wayדֶּרֶךְin front ofבִּפְנֵיthe correspondingהֲגִינָהfence,הַגְּדֶרֶתtoward the east,דֶּרֶךְ הַקָּדִיםas one enters them.בְּבוֹאָן
Ezekiel 42:12
Study it in the app“And according to the entrances of the chambers that were toward the south there was an entrance at the head of the way, the way in front of the corresponding fence, toward the east, as one enters them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 42:12, word by word
- And according to the entrancesפִתְחֵיfitche
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “fitche” appears- of the chambersלְּשָׁכוֹתleshachot
room, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appears- were toward the southדֶּרֶךְderech
direction
Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.
Where else “derech” appears- were toward the southדָּרוֹםdarom
south
The south; in poetry, the south wind.
Where else “darom” appears- at the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- in front ofפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the correspondingהֲגִינָהhagina
fitting
A word found only once; perhaps fitting, corresponding (its sense is uncertain).
Where else “hagina” appears- fenceגְּדֶרֶתgederet
wall
A stone wall that encloses and protects a place.
Where else “gederet” appears- toward the eastקָּדִיםkadim
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadim” appears- as one enters themבוֹאָvoa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “voa” appears
The context
11And a way was in front of them, like the appearance of the chambers that were toward the north; as their length, so their width, and all their exits, both according to their arrangements and according to their entrances.
12 · This verse (above)
13And he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers that are in front of the separate area, they are the holy chambers, where the priests who are near to YHWH eat the most holy things; there they shall put the most holy things, and the grain offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy.