16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 8:16:1 ⧉וַיָּבֵ֣אvayaveand he brought Ezekiel 8:16:2 ⧉אֹתִ֗יotime Ezekiel 8:16:3 ⧉אֶל־חֲצַ֣רelkhatsarto the court of Ezekiel 8:16:4 ⧉בֵּית־יְהוָה֮betyahwehthe house of the LORD Ezekiel 8:16:5 ⧉הַפְּנִימִית֒hapenimitthe inner Ezekiel 8:16:6 ⧉וְהִנֵּה־פֶ֜תַחvehinnepetakhand behold, an opening of Ezekiel 8:16:7 ⧉הֵיכַ֣לhekhalthe temple of Ezekiel 8:16:8 ⧉יְהוָ֗הyahwehthe LORD Ezekiel 8:16:9 ⧉בֵּ֤יןbenbetween Ezekiel 8:16:10 ⧉הָֽאוּלָם֙haulamthe porch Ezekiel 8:16:11 ⧉וּבֵ֣יןuvenand between Ezekiel 8:16:12 ⧉הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַhamizbeakhthe altar Ezekiel 8:16:13 ⧉כְּעֶשְׂרִ֥יםkeesrimabout twenty Ezekiel 8:16:14 ⧉וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖הvakhamishaand five Ezekiel 8:16:15 ⧉אִ֑ישׁishmen Ezekiel 8:16:16 ⧉אֲחֹ֨רֵיהֶ֜םakhorehemtheir backs Ezekiel 8:16:17 ⧉אֶל־הֵיכַ֤לelhekhaltoward the temple of Ezekiel 8:16:18 ⧉יְהוָה֙yahwehthe LORD Ezekiel 8:16:19 ⧉וּפְנֵיהֶ֣םufenehemand their faces Ezekiel 8:16:20 ⧉קֵ֔דְמָהkedmaeastward Ezekiel 8:16:21 ⧉וְהֵ֛מָּהvehemaand they Ezekiel 8:16:22 ⧉מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֥םmishtakhavitemwere bowing down Ezekiel 8:16:23 ⧉קֵ֖דְמָהkedmaeastward Ezekiel 8:16:24 ⧉לַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃lashameshto the sun |
16. Formal Translation Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD{Yahweh, Sanctuary Sovereign}, and behold at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, there stood about twenty-five men; their backs were toward the LORD’s temple, and their faces were eastward as they bowed down to the sun. |
16. Dynamic Translation He led me into the inner courtyard of the LORD’s{Yahweh, Holy One} house, and there at the temple’s doorway, between the porch and the altar, I saw about twenty-five men. Their backs were turned toward the LORD’s temple and their faces were toward the east as they bowed down to the sun. |