Study it in the app“As for the chief, because he is chief, he shall sit in it to eat bread before YHWH; by way of the portico of the gate he shall enter, and by its way he shall go out.””
As for the chief,אֶת הַנָּשִׂיאbecause he is chief,נָשִׂיאheהוּאshall sitיֵשֶׁבin itבּוֹto eatלֶאֱכָולbreadלֶחֶםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH;יְהוָהby wayמִדֶּרֶךְof the porticoאֻלָםof the gateהַשַּׁעַרhe shall enter,יָבוֹאand by its wayוּמִדַּרְכּוֹhe shall go out.”יֵצֵא
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echavl” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsportico
Portico: the covered entrance in front of the main hall of a building. In the temple, the vestibule through which one entered.
Where else “ulam” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears2And YHWH said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has entered by it; and it shall be shut.
3 · This verse (above)
4And he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and look, the glory of YHWH filled the house of YHWH; and I fell on my face.
