And the chiefוּ הַנָּשִׂיאshall come inבָאby wayדֶּרֶךְof the porticoאוּלָםof the gateהַשַּׁעַרfrom outsideמִחוּץand standוְעָמַדby the doorpostעַל מְזוּזַתof the gate,הַשַּׁעַרand the priestsוְ הַכֹּהֲנִיםshall offerעָשׂוּhis burnt offeringאֶת עוֹלָתוֹand his peace offerings;וְאֶת שְׁלָמָיוand he shall bow downוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוָהon the thresholdעַל מִפְתַּןof the gate,הַשַּׁעַרand go out;וְיָצָאbut the gateוְהַשַּׁעַרshall notלֹאbe shutיִסָּגֵרuntil the evening.עַד הָעָרֶב
Ezekiel 46:2
Study it in the app“And the chief shall come in by way of the portico of the gate from outside and stand by the doorpost of the gate, and the priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings; and he shall bow down on the threshold of the gate, and go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 46:2, word by word
- And the chiefנָּשִׂיאnasi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appears- shall come inבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- by wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the porticoאוּלָםulam
portico
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” appears- of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- from outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- and standעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- by the doorpostמְזוּזַתmezuzat
doorpost
Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.
Where else “mezuzat” appears- and the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- shall offerעָשׂוּasu
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asu” appears- his burnt offeringעוֹלָתolat
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olat” appears- and his peace offeringsשְׁלָמָיshelamay
peace offerings
Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).
Where else “shelamay” appears- and he shall bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוָהhishtachava
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachava” appears- on the thresholdמִפְתַּןmiftan
threshold
Threshold: the stone or wooden piece on the floor of a doorway.
Where else “miftan” appears- and go outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- be shutיִסָּגֵרyisager
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “yisager” appears- until the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears
The context
1“Thus says Adonai YHWH: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut the six days of work, but on the day of the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate on the Sabbaths and at the new moons before YHWH.