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And eachוְאִישׁwentיֵלֵכוּin the directionאֶל עֵבֶרof its face;פָּנָיוwhereverאֶל אֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהthe spiritהָרוּחַwouldיִהְיֶהgo,לָלֶכֶתthey went;יֵלֵכוּthey did notלֹאturnיִסַּבּוּas they went.בְּלֶכְתָּן
Ezekiel 1:12
Study it in the app“And each went in the direction of its face; wherever the spirit would go, they went; they did not turn as they went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:12, word by word
- And eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- wentיֵלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- in the directionעֵבֶרever
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “ever” appears- of its faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- wouldיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- turnיִסַּבּוּyisabu
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yisabu” appears
The context
11And such were their faces. And their wings were spread out upward; each had two joined to those of another, and two covering their bodies.
12 · This verse (above)
13And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches; it moved back and forth among the living creatures, and the fire had brightness, and from the fire went out lightning.