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And such were their faces.וּפְנֵיהֶםAnd their wingsוְכַנְפֵיהֶםwere spread outפְּרֻדוֹתupward;מִלְמָעְלָהeach hadלְאִישׁtwoשְׁתַּיִםjoined to those of another,חֹבְרוֹת אִישׁand twoוּשְׁתַּיִםcoveringמְכַסּוֹתtheir bodies.גְּוִיֹתֵיהֶנָה
Ezekiel 1:11
Study it in the app“And such were their faces. And their wings were spread out upward; each had two joined to those of another, and two covering their bodies.”
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Ezekiel 1:11, word by word
- And such were their facesפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears- And their wingsכַנְפֵיchanfe
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “chanfe” appears- were spread outפְּרֻדוֹתperudot
separate
To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.
Where else “perudot” appears- upwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- each hadאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- joined to those of anotherחֹבְרוֹתchovrot
join
To set two things together so that they form one.
Where else “chovrot” appears- coveringמְכַסּוֹתmechasot
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “mechasot” appears- their bodiesגְּוִיֹתֵיgeviyote
body
The physical frame of a living being.
Where else “geviyote” appears
The context
10And the likeness of their faces: the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right for the four of them, and the face of an ox on the left for the four of them, and the face of an eagle for the four of them.
11 · This verse (above)
12And each went in the direction of its face; wherever the spirit would go, they went; they did not turn as they went.