What Does Ezekiel 46:19 Mean in the King James?
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 analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
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
“holy” 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 said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:THE THREAD
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.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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