H7000 H7000
enclosed, shut in; possibly 'small' (text likely corrupt)
An adjective of uncertain meaning appearing only in Ezekiel 46:22, describing courts in the temple vision: 'enclosed courts' or possibly 'small courts.' The Masoretic vocalization suggests 'enclosed' (from a root meaning 'bind' or 'shut in'), preserved in Aramaic and Syriac. However, most ancient versions and modern scholars prefer reading 'small courts' (qetannot), which requires only slight consonantal change. The architectural context—describing secondary courtyards—makes 'small' more probable than 'enclosed,' suggesting textual corruption.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An adjective tentatively meaning 'enclosed' or 'shut in,' modifying courts in Ezekiel's visionary temple. However, the Septuagint, Syriac, and most modern interpreters emend to 'small' (qetannot), which better fits the temple's graded spatial hierarchy where smaller courts adjoin larger ones. Spanish 'pequeños' (small) reflects this emendation. The lexical uncertainty stems from whether scribes preserved a rare word meaning 'enclosed' or whether an original 'small' suffered minor corruption during transmission. Either way, the courts are subordinate spaces within the larger sacred complex. 1×
AR["مَسْقُوفَةٌ"]·ben["আবদ্ধ"]·DE["[קטרות]"]·EN["enclosed"]·FR["se-lamenter"]·heb["קטורות"]·HI["घिरे-हुए"]·ID["kecil"]·IT["[קטרות]"]·jav["ingkang-katutup"]·KO["작은"]·PT["cercados"]·RU["огороженные"]·ES["pequeños"]·SW["zilizofungwa"]·TR["örtülü"]·urd["چھپے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [קָטַר] vb. dubious word; si vera l. appar. = shut in, enclose (𝔗 קְטַר, Syriac ܩܛܰܪ bind, ܩܶܛܪܳܐ chain);— Qal Pt. pass. pl. חֲצֵרוֹת קְטֻרוֹת Ez 46:22 enclosed courts (cf. interpr. in LevyNHWB, and ܒܳܬܶܐ ܩܛܺܝܪܶܐ PS3589), but read prob. קְטַנּוֹת small, 𝔊 𝔖 Co Toy Berthol Krae.