Ezekiel 42:14

“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.””

Ezekiel 42:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and approachקָרְבוּkarvu

come near

To come near to someone or something.

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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.

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