And he brought meוַיְבִיאֵנִיby wayדֶּרֶךְof the north gateשַׁעַר הַצָּפוֹןto the frontאֶל פְּנֵיof the house;הַבַּיִתand I looked,וָאֵרֶאand look,וְהִנֵּהthe gloryכְבוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהfilledמָלֵאthe houseבֵּיתof YHWH;יְהוָהand I fellוָאֶפֹּלon my face.אֶל פָּנָי
Ezekiel 44:4
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Ezekiel 44:4, word by word
- And he brought meיְבִיאֵyevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appears- by wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the north gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of the north gateצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- to the frontפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- and I lookedאֵרֶאere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- the gloryכְבוֹדchevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevod” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- filledמָלֵאmale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appears- and I fellאֶפֹּלepol
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “epol” appears
The context
3As 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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And YHWH said to me, “Son of man, set your heart, and see with your eyes, and with your ears hear all that I am speaking to you concerning all the statutes of the house of YHWH and all its instructions; and set your heart on the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary.