The Meaning of Ezekiel 46:8 Explained

Ezekiel 46:8

KJV: And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

YLT: 'And in the coming in of the prince, the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.

Darby: And when the prince cometh in, he shall come in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go out by the way thereof.

ASV: And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the prince  shall enter,  he shall go  in by the way  of the porch  of [that] gate,  and he shall go forth  by the way  thereof. 

What does Ezekiel 46:8 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The prince would enter the inner gate complex and leave it using the vestibule, which faced the outer court (cf. Ezekiel 40:31). Undoubtedly the priests will use the tables in the vestibule of this gate complex and the tables in the outer court near it to prepare these offerings (cf. Ezekiel 40:39-43).

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 46:8 mean?

And when enters the prince by way of the vestibule of the gateway he shall go in and the same way go out
וּבְב֖וֹא הַנָּשִׂ֑יא דֶּ֣רֶךְ אוּלָ֤ם הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ יָב֔וֹא וּבְדַרְכּ֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא

וּבְב֖וֹא  And  when  enters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַנָּשִׂ֑יא  the  prince 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  by  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
אוּלָ֤ם  of  the  vestibule 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙  of  the  gateway 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
יָב֔וֹא  he  shall  go  in 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וּבְדַרְכּ֖וֹ  and  the  same  way 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יֵצֵֽא  go  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.

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