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Theyהֵמָּהshall enterיָבֹאוּmy sanctuary,אֶל מִקְדָּשִׁיand theyוְהֵמָּהshall come nearיִקְרְבוּto my tableאֶל שֻׁלְחָנִיto minister to me,לְשָׁרְתֵנִיand they shall keepוְשָׁמְרוּmy charge.מִשְׁמַרְתִּי
Ezekiel 44:16
Study it in the app“They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 44:16, word by word
- shall enterיָבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- my sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁmikdashi
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appears- shall come nearיִקְרְבוּyikrvu
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “yikrvu” appears- to my tableשֻׁלְחָנִshulchani
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchani” appears- to minister to meשָׁרְתֵsharte
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “sharte” appears- and they shall keepשָׁמְרוּshamru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appears- my chargeמִשְׁמַרְתִּmishmarti
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmarti” appears
The context
15But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to present to me fat and blood, declares Adonai YHWH.
16 · This verse (above)
17And it shall be, when they enter the gates of the inner court, linen garments they shall put on, and no wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court and inside.