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And noוְ לֹא כָּלpriestכֹּהֵןshall drinkיִשְׁתּוּwineיַיִןwhen they enterבְּבוֹאָםthe inner court.אֶל הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית
Ezekiel 44:21
Study it in the app“And no priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 44:21, word by word
- priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall drinkיִשְׁתּוּyishtu
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- when they enterבוֹאָvoa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “voa” appears- the inner courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- the inner courtפְּנִימִיתpenimit
inner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimit” appears
The context
20And their heads they shall not shave, and long hair they shall not let loose; they shall surely trim their heads.
21 · This verse (above)
22And a widow or a divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, but virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel; or the widow who is the widow of a priest they may take.