What Does Ezekiel 44:2 Mean?

“Then said”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“in by it because the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“unto me This gate”

an opening, i.e., door or gate

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“in by it therefore it shall be shut”

to shut up; figuratively, to surrender

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“it shall not be opened”

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

“and no man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“hath entered”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“in by it because the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“the God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“hath entered”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“in by it therefore it shall be shut”

to shut up; figuratively, to surrender