Study it in the app“And he brought me to the inner court of the house of YHWH, and look, at the entrance of the temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of YHWH and their faces eastward, and they were bowing down eastward to the sun.”
And he brought meוַיָּבֵא אֹתִיtoאֶלthe innerהַפְּנִימִיתcourtחֲצַרof the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהand look,וְהִנֵּהat the entranceפֶתַחof the templeהֵיכַלof YHWH,יְהוָהbetween the porchבֵּין הָאוּלָםand the altar,וּבֵין הַמִּזְבֵּחַabout twenty-fiveכְּעֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁהmen,אִישׁtheir backsאֲחֹרֵיהֶםtoward the templeאֶל הֵיכַלof YHWHיְהוָהand their facesוּפְנֵיהֶםeastward,קֵדְמָהand theyוְהֵמָּהwere bowing downמִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶםeastwardקֵדְמָהto the sun.לַשָּׁמֶשׁ
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsinner
Inner, inside: what is in the innermost part of a building.
Where else “penimit” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” 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” appearsentrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “fetach” appearstemple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” 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” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsbehind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achore” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedma” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “mishtachavitem” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears15And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Yet you will again see greater abominations than these.”
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17And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Is it a light thing for the house of Judah to do the abominations that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence and again provoke me to anger? And look at them, putting the branch to their nose.
