What Does Ezekiel 46:19 Mean?
After he brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate, into the set-apart chambers of the priests, which faced north, and look, there was a place on the two sides toward the west.
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King James wording
King James Version
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.THE KEY
The same Hebrew root names both being brought in and the entry itself, joining the way into the set-apart place with the act of arrival.
THE MEANING
You are brought through the entry into chambers set apart for the priests; the route, destination, and orientation are all made visible. The wording joins being brought in to the very word for entry, so access appears as a guided passage into a defined place.
THE ROOT
וַיְבִיאֵנִי
vayviʾeni māvoʾ
GROWS FROM
בוא
Come, enter
“brought; entry” in this verse is vayviʾeni māvoʾ. The verse uses this seed twice: vayviʾeni means “he brought me,” and māvoʾ means “entry”; both grow from בוא (boʾ, “come, enter”). English makes the guide and doorway look separate, while Hebrew joins arrival and access in one verbal movement.
ALSO GROWS
māvoʾ: Entry, entrance
מָבוֹא
This is the way through which the speaker is brought into the chambers.
boʾ: Come, enter
בּוֹא
The verb behind “brought” shares the root of “entry,” tying the arrival to the passage itself.
קֹדֶשׁ
qodesh
GROWS FROM
קדש
Set apart, dedicate
“set-apart” in this verse is qodesh. Qodesh marks what is set apart for a designated use; here, the priestly chambers are distinguished from ordinary space. The same root names both the state of being set apart and the place dedicated to it.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart, dedicated
קָדוֹשׁ
It describes what is distinguished for a particular purpose, as these chambers are.
miqdash: Sanctuary; set-apart place
מִקְדָּשׁ
The sanctuary and the chambers belong to the same language of dedication.
THE PATTERN
Set-apart service takes place within designated spaces, with their boundaries and uses made clear.
Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which face the place cut apart, are set-apart chambers, where the priests who draw near to the LORD shall eat the most set-apart things. There they shall set down the most set-apart things, and the grain gift, and the offering for falling short, and the offering for what is owed, for the place is set apart."And what remains of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. With unleavened bread it shall be eaten in the set-apart place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.In whom the whole building, joined at the joints, grows into a set-apart temple in the Lord.THE THREAD
Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers, and a paving made for the court all around. Thirty chambers were upon the paving.Both verses use בוא (boʾ, “come, enter”) for the guide bringing Ezekiel into a space. In this verse, the same root also names the entry, joining the act of arrival with the passage into the chambers.
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