The Meaning of Ezekiel 42:12 Explained

Ezekiel 42:12

KJV: And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

YLT: And according to the openings of the chambers that are southward is an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them.

Darby: And according to the doors of the cells that were toward the south there was a door at the head of the way, the way directly before the corresponding wall toward the east as one entereth into them.

ASV: And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And according to the doors  of the chambers  that [were] toward  the south  [was] a door  in the head  of the way,  [even] the way  directly  before  the wall  toward  the east,  as one entereth  into them. 

What does Ezekiel 42:12 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 42:12 mean?

And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that [were] facing south [there] [was] a door in front of the walk the way in front the wall directly toward the east as one enters them
וּכְפִתְחֵ֣י הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַדָּר֔וֹם פֶּ֖תַח בְּרֹ֣אשׁ דָּ֑רֶךְ דֶּ֗רֶךְ בִּפְנֵי֙ הַגְּדֶ֣רֶת הֲגִינָ֔ה דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַקָּדִ֖ים בְּבוֹאָֽן

וּכְפִתְחֵ֣י  And  corresponding  to  the  doors 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת  of  the  chambers 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
אֲשֶׁר֙  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  facing 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַדָּר֔וֹם  south 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרֹום  
Sense: south.
פֶּ֖תַח  [there]  [was]  a  door 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ  in  front 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
דָּ֑רֶךְ  of  the  walk 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
דֶּ֗רֶךְ  the  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
בִּפְנֵי֙  in  front 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַגְּדֶ֣רֶת  the  wall 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גְּדֵרָה 
Sense: wall, hedge.
הֲגִינָ֔ה  directly 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: הָגִין  
Sense: appropriate, suitable.
דֶּ֥רֶךְ  toward 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַקָּדִ֖ים  the  east 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
בְּבוֹאָֽן  as  one  enters  them 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.

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