And as for the likenessוּדְמוּתof the living creatures,הַחַיּוֹתtheir appearance wasמַרְאֵיהֶםlike burningכְּ בֹּעֲרוֹתcoalsגַחֲלֵיof fire,אֵשׁlike the appearanceכְּמַרְאֵהof torches;הַלַּפִּדִיםitהִיאmoved back and forthמִתְהַלֶּכֶתamongבֵּיןthe living creatures,הַחַיּוֹתand the fire hadוְ לָאֵשׁbrightness,נֹגַהּand fromוּמִןthe fireהָאֵשׁwent outיוֹצֵאlightning.בָרָק
Ezekiel 1:13
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:13, word by word
- And as for the likenessדְמוּתdemut
likeness
Likeness, resemblance; form, model; "like". It goes with "image": the human being was made to be like God in some way and to represent him, without being equal to him.
Where else “demut” appears- of the living creaturesחַיּוֹתchayot
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayot” appears- their appearance wasמַרְאֵיmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- like burningבֹּעֲרוֹתboarot
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “boarot” appears- coalsגַחֲלֵיgachale
coal, ember
A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.
Where else “gachale” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- of torchesלַּפִּדִיםlapidim
torch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapidim” appears- moved back and forthמִתְהַלֶּכֶתmithalechet
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “mithalechet” appears- brightnessנֹגַהּnogah
brightness
Brightness, shining: the light of fire, of dawn, of the sun, or of the presence of God.
Where else “nogah” appears- went outיוֹצֵאyotse
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yotse” appears- lightningבָרָקvarak
lightning
The sudden light that flashes across the sky in a storm.
Where else “varak” appears
The context
12And each went in the direction of its face; wherever the spirit would go, they went; they did not turn as they went.
13 · This verse (above)
14And the living creatures ran and returned like the appearance of the flash.