The Meaning of Ezekiel 46:3 Explained

Ezekiel 46:3

KJV: Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

YLT: And bowed themselves have the people of the land at the opening of that gate, on sabbaths, and on new moons, before Jehovah.

Darby: And the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons.

ASV: And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Likewise the people  of the land  shall worship  at the door  of this gate  before  the LORD  in the sabbaths  and in the new moons. 

What does Ezekiel 46:3 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The other worshippers would also worship at the same gate during those special days, but they too would not enter the inner court. Only priests could enter that court.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 46

1  Ordinances for the prince in his worship
9  and for the people
16  An order for the prince's inheritance
19  The courts for boiling and baking

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 46:3 mean?

And Likewise shall worship the people of the land at the entrance to gateway that on the Sabbaths and the New Moons before Yahweh
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ עַם־ הָאָ֗רֶץ פֶּ֚תַח הַשַּׁ֣עַר הַה֔וּא בַּשַּׁבָּת֖וֹת וּבֶחֳדָשִׁ֑ים לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָֽה

וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ  And  Likewise  shall  worship 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁחָה  
Sense: to bow down.
עַם־  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הָאָ֗רֶץ  of  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
פֶּ֚תַח  at  the  entrance  to 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
הַשַּׁ֣עַר  gateway 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
הַה֔וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
בַּשַּׁבָּת֖וֹת  on  the  Sabbaths 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common plural
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
וּבֶחֳדָשִׁ֑ים  and  the  New  Moons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
לִפְנֵ֖י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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