Ezekiel

Ezekiel 44:21–23

²¹No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court. ²²And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest. ²³They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

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Ezekiel 44:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
No	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
priest	כֹּהֵ֑ן	kō·hên	Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest
may drink	יִשְׁתּ֖וּ	yiš·tū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8354 drink
wine	וְיַ֥יִן	wə·ya·yin	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
before he enters	בְּבוֹאָ֖ם	bə·ḇō·w·’ām	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the inner	הַפְּנִימִֽית׃	hap·pə·nî·mîṯ	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H6442 inner
court	הֶחָצֵ֥ר	he·ḥā·ṣêr	Article; Noun - common singular	H2691 enclosure, court

Ezekiel 44:22

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And they shall not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
marry	יִקְח֥וּ	yiq·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
a widow	וְאַלְמָנָה֙	wə·’al·mā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H490 widow
or a divorced woman	וּגְרוּשָׁ֔ה	ū·ḡə·rū·šāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H1644 drive out, cast out
but	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
must marry	יִקָּֽחוּ׃	yiq·qā·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
a virgin	בְּתוּלֹ֗ת	bə·ṯū·lōṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1330 virgin
of the descendants	מִזֶּ֙רַע֙	miz·ze·ra‘	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
of the house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
or a widow	אַלְמָנָ֔ה	’al·mā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H490 widow
of a priest	מִכֹּהֵ֖ן	mik·kō·hên	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest

Ezekiel 44:23

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They are to teach	יוֹר֔וּ	yō·w·rū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3384 throw, shoot
My people	עַמִּ֣י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
the difference between	בֵּ֥ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the holy	קֹ֖דֶשׁ	qō·ḏeš	Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
and the common	לְחֹ֑ל	lə·ḥōl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H2455 profaneness, commonness
and show them how to discern	יוֹדִעֻֽם׃	yō·w·ḏi·‘um	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural	H3045 know
between	וּבֵין־	ū·ḇên-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the clean	לְטָה֖וֹר	lə·ṭā·hō·wr	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular	H2889 clean, pure
and the unclean	טָמֵ֥א	ṭā·mê	Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean

Cross-references

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Ezekiel 44:21 Leviticus 10:9 · Titus 1:7–8

Ezekiel 44:22 Leviticus 21:7 · Leviticus 21:13–14 · 1 Timothy 3:4–5 · 1 Timothy 3:2 · Deuteronomy 24:1–4 · Titus 1:6 · 1 Timothy 3:11–12

Ezekiel 44:23 Ezekiel 22:26 · Leviticus 10:10–11 · 2 Timothy 2:24–25 · Hosea 4:6 · Malachi 2:6–9 · Zephaniah 3:4 · Deuteronomy 33:10 · Haggai 2:11–13 · Titus 1:9–11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.