The Meaning of Ezekiel 43:1 Explained

Ezekiel 43:1

KJV: Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

YLT: And he causeth me to go to the gate, the gate that is looking eastward.

Darby: And he brought me unto the gate, the gate which looked toward the east.

ASV: Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Afterward he brought  me to the gate,  [even] the gate  that looketh  toward  the east: 

What does Ezekiel 43:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 43

1  The returning of the glory of God into the temple
7  The sin of Israel hindered God's presence
10  The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house
13  The measures
18  and ordinances of the altar

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 43:1 mean?

And afterward he brought me to the gate the gate that faces toward the east
וַיּוֹלִכֵ֖נִי אֶל־ הַשָּׁ֑עַר שַׁ֕עַר אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֹּנֶ֖ה דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַקָּדִֽים

וַיּוֹלִכֵ֖נִי  And  afterward  he  brought  me 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
הַשָּׁ֑עַר  the  gate 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
שַׁ֕עַר  the  gate 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
פֹּנֶ֖ה  faces 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: פֹּונֶה 
Sense: to turn.
דֶּ֥רֶךְ  toward 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַקָּדִֽים  the  east 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.