The Meaning of Ezekiel 43:4 Explained

Ezekiel 43:4

KJV: And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

YLT: And the honour of Jehovah hath come in unto the house, the way of the gate whose face is eastward.

Darby: And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east.

ASV: And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the glory  of the LORD  came  into the house  by the way  of the gate  whose prospect  [is] toward  the east. 

What does Ezekiel 43:4 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 43:4 mean?

And the glory of Yahweh came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east
וּכְב֥וֹד יְהוָ֖ה בָּ֣א אֶל־ הַבָּ֑יִת דֶּ֣רֶךְ שַׁ֔עַר אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּנָ֖יו דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַקָּדִֽים

וּכְב֥וֹד  And  the  glory 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כָּבֹוד  
Sense: glory, honour, glorious, abundance.
יְהוָ֖ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בָּ֣א  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַבָּ֑יִת  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  by  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
שַׁ֔עַר  of  the  gate 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
פָּנָ֖יו  faces 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
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.

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