When the priests enter,בְּבֹאָם הַכֹּהֲנִיםthey shall notוְלֹאgo outיֵצְאוּfrom the sanctuaryמֵהַקֹּדֶשׁto the outer court,אֶל הֶחָצֵר הַחִיצוֹנָהbut thereוְשָׁםthey shall lay downיַנִּיחוּtheir garmentsבִגְדֵיהֶםin whichאֲשֶׁר בָהֶןthey minister,יְשָׁרְתוּforכִּיtheyהֵנָּהare holy;קֹדֶשׁand they shall put onוְלָבְשׁוּotherאֲחֵרִיםgarments,בְּגָדִיםand approachוְקָרְבוּwhatאֶל אֲשֶׁרis for the people.”לָעָם
Ezekiel 42:14
Study it in the app“When the priests enter, they shall not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court, but there they shall lay down their garments in which they minister, for they are holy; and they shall put on other garments, and approach what is for the people.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 42:14, word by word
- When the priests enterבֹאָvoa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “voa” appears- When the priests enterכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- go outיֵצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- from the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- to the outer courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- to the outer courtחִיצוֹנָהchitsona
outer, outside
Outer, outside: what faces outward or is on the outside part. It can also mean what is not sacred, ordinary.
Where else “chitsona” appears- they shall lay downיַנִּיחוּyanichu
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “yanichu” appears- their garmentsבִגְדֵיvigde
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vigde” appears- they ministerיְשָׁרְתוּyeshartu
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “yeshartu” appears- and they shall put onלָבְשׁוּlavshu
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “lavshu” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- and approachקָרְבוּkarvu
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karvu” appears- is for the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15And he finished the measurements of the inner house, and he brought me out by the way of the gate that faced toward the east, and he measured it all around.