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Hebrew Word Study: Gates- Shaar – shin ayin resh, שׁער

Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

What are these gates that the Psalmist is talking about that we are to enter with thanks giving? The word in Hebrew for gates is sha’ar which has a wide range of meanings The word could mean hair, a storm or tempest, a decision a determination or something horrible.
 
In this context we are not talking about a storm or tempest or something horrible. Perhaps we are to enter God’s determination or decisions with thanks giving. That is possible. Many commentators say this represents the gates to the temple, but this Psalm predates the temple. Some say it is church buildings and going through the doorways of a church with thanksgiving. Again church buildings did not exist during the time of this Psalms.
 

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That leaves us with the use of sha’ar as hair. There is a possible connection. Animal hair was woven together in those days to make a sort of doorway into a home or tent as well as the tabernacle. The door was not meant to keep strangers out but to keep the wind from blowing dust and other pollutants into the house. Often, the wool or the hair of a lamb served as material to this doorway. The tabernacle used the sha’ar or hair of the lamb for its doorways. One passed through this door to offer the sacrifices for their sins. Today we pass through Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God to offer him as our sacrifice for our sins. Now that is reason enough to pass through this sha’ar with thanks giving.
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