פְּנִימִי

1 Kings 6:27 הַפְּנִימִ֗י <the> inner

And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.

Here: "The inner [house]": the innermost chamber, called the dᵉbîr (inner sanctuary) and 'the Most Holy Place' in vv. 16 and 19, a cube of 20 cubits.

1 Kings 6:36 הַפְּנִימִ֔ית <the> inner

Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:12 הַפְּנִימִ֖ית <the> inner

The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 7:50 הַפְּנִימִ֜י <the> inner

the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

1 Chronicles 28:11 הַפְּנִימִ֖ים <the> inner

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

Here: Qualifies the chambers as 'inner'. This continues the movement inward that ends in the next phrase.

2 Chronicles 4:22 הַפְּנִימִיּ֜וֹת <the> inner

the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

Esther 4:11 הַפְּנִימִ֜ית <the> inner

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

Esther 5:1 הַפְּנִימִ֔ית <the> inner

On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.

Here: It is feminine and agrees with 'court': 'the inner court.' This is the very phrase of the death-penalty law in 4:11, so a Hebrew listener would know at once that she has crossed the line.

Ezekiel 8:3 הַפְּנִימִית֙ the inner [court]

He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

Here: 'The inner (one).' The ending is feminine and does not match 'gate,' so 'court' is probably meant: the gate of the inner court of the temple.

Ezekiel 8:16 הַפְּנִימִית֒ <the> inner

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Here: The inner court, nearest the sanctuary building and normally reserved for priests. It is the last and deepest stop in the tour of abominations, which has moved steadily inward.

Ezekiel 10:3 הַפְּנִימִֽית׃ <the> inner

Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.

Ezekiel 40:15 הַפְּנִימִ֑י <the> inner

And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.

Ezekiel 40:19 הַפְּנִימִ֛י <the> inner

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

Ezekiel 40:23 הַפְּנִימִ֔י <the> inner

There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:27 הַפְּנִימִ֖י <the> inner

The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:28 הַפְּנִימִ֖י <the> inner

Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:32 הַפְּנִימִ֖י <the> inner

And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:44 הַפְּנִימִ֜י הַפְּנִימִי֙ <the> inner

Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

Ezekiel 41:15 הַפְּנִימִ֔י <the> inner

Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,

Ezekiel 41:17 הַפְּנִימִ֨י בַּפְּנִימִ֥י <the> inner, in the inner [part]

In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,

Ezekiel 42:3 הַפְּנִימִ֔י <the> inner

Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

Ezekiel 42:4 הַפְּנִימִ֔ית the inner [court]

In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

Ezekiel 42:15 הַפְּנִימִ֔י <the> inner

Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:

Ezekiel 43:5 הַפְּנִימִ֑י <the> inner

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

Here: "The inner" court, the one nearest the sanctuary. In Ezekiel's plan it is the priests' area (40:44–46; 44:15–17). Ezekiel is a priest (1:3), so he stands where his office places him, right next to the house itself.

Ezekiel 44:17 הַפְּנִימִ֔ית הַפְּנִימִ֖ית <the> inner

When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

Here: "The inner one": the court closer to God's presence, where the altar stood. Only priests could enter it.

Ezekiel 44:21 הַפְּנִימִֽית׃ <the> inner

No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

Here: 'The inner' court: the enclosure around the altar and in front of the temple building, where only the officiating priests could go. Lay Israelites and ordinary Levites stayed in the outer court.

Ezekiel 44:27 הַפְּנִימִית֙ <the> inner

And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 45:19 הַפְּנִימִֽית׃ <the> inner

And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.

Ezekiel 46:1 הַפְּנִימִית֙ <the> inner

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

Here: Identifies the court closest to the temple, reserved for the priests who serve at the altar. It is the more restricted of the two courts.