Lexical Definition

‎הָגִין‎ hâgîyn (haw-gheen') suitable ^H:A
of uncertain derivation

directly.

• perhaps suitable or turning

1) appropriate, suitable
2) (CLBL) directly ahead of

See Greek: κάλαμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הָגִין‎] adjective appropriate, suitable ? (compare Late Hebrew Aramaic, above) — ‎הַגְּדֶרֶת הֲגִינָה‎ Ezek 42:12 the corresponding (?) wall, Ke; otherwise Vrss (ᵐ5 καλάμου, ᵑ9 separatum, etc.); Thes connects ‎הגין‎ with preceding ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎, 'aptus, idoneus (de via),' AV RV 'the way directly before the wall;' in neither connection does it give good sense, and the text is doubtless wrong compare Sm Da.; Co conjecture ‎החצר החיצונה‎ the outer court.

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