The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:13 Explained

Ezekiel 42:13

KJV: Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

YLT: And he saith unto me, 'The north chambers, the south chambers, that are at the front of the separate place, they are holy chambers, where the priests (who are near to Jehovah) eat the most holy things, there they place the most holy things, and the present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, for the place is holy.

Darby: And he said unto me, The north cells and the south cells, which are before the separate place, they are holy cells, where the priests that come near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, both the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering: for the place is holy.

ASV: Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then said  he unto me, The north  chambers  [and] the south  chambers,  which [are] before  the separate place,  they [be] holy  chambers,  where the priests  that approach  unto the LORD  shall eat  the most  holy things:  there shall they lay  the most  holy things,  and the meat offering,  and the sin offering,  and the trespass offering;  for the place  [is] holy. 

What does Ezekiel 42:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 42

1  The chambers for the priests
13  The use thereof
15  The measures of the outward court

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 42:13 mean?

And he said to me chambers the north chambers [and] the south which [are] to opposite the separating courtyard are the holy where shall eat there the priests who approach Yahweh holy offerings the most they shall lay the most and the grain offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering for the place [is] holy
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת הַצָּפ֜וֹן לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת הַדָּרוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶל־ פְּנֵ֣י הַגִּזְרָה֒ הֵ֣נָּה ׀ הַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֹאכְלוּ־ שָׁ֧ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־ קְרוֹבִ֥ים לַֽיהוָ֖ה קָדְשֵׁ֣י הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים יַנִּ֣יחוּ ׀ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים וְהַמִּנְחָה֙ וְהַחַטָּ֣את וְהָאָשָׁ֔ם כִּ֥י הַמָּק֖וֹם קָדֹֽשׁ

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלַ֗י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת  chambers 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
הַצָּפ֜וֹן  the  north 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת  chambers 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
הַדָּרוֹם֮  [and]  the  south 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרֹום  
Sense: south.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  which  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
פְּנֵ֣י  opposite 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַגִּזְרָה֒  the  separating  courtyard 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּזְרָה  
Sense: a cutting, polishing, separation.
הַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ  the  holy 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
אֲשֶׁ֨ר  where 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יֹאכְלוּ־  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
קְרוֹבִ֥ים  approach 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: קָרֹוב  
Sense: near.
לַֽיהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
קָדְשֵׁ֣י  holy  offerings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים  the  most 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
יַנִּ֣יחוּ ׀  they  shall  lay 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מֻנָּח  
Sense: to rest.
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים  the  most 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
וְהַמִּנְחָה֙  and  the  grain  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
וְהַחַטָּ֣את  and  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
וְהָאָשָׁ֔ם  and  the  trespass  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשָׁם  
Sense: guilt, offense, guiltiness.
הַמָּק֖וֹם  the  place  [is] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
קָדֹֽשׁ  holy 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָדֹושׁ  
Sense: sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart.