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And overוּ עַלthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the living creatureהַחַיָּהthere was the likenessדְמוּתof a vault,רָקִיעַlike the gleamכְּעֵיןof fearsomeהַנּוֹרָאfrost,הַקֶּרַחspread outנָטוּיoverעַלtheir headsרָאשֵׁיהֶםabove.מִלְמָעְלָה
Ezekiel 1:22
Study it in the app“And over the heads of the living creature there was the likeness of a vault, like the gleam of fearsome frost, spread out over their heads above.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:22, word by word
- the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the living creatureחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- there was 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 a vaultרָקִיעַrakia
vault
Something spread out and firm, like a sheet of metal beaten with a hammer. It is the "vault" of the heavens: what is seen above, like a roof spread over the earth, which God set to separate the waters below from the waters above; God called it "heavens".
Where else “rakia” appears- like the gleamעֵיןen
appearance
Literally "the eye": how something looks, its glint.
Where else “en” appears- of fearsomeנּוֹרָאnora
be fearsome
To be so great or powerful that one inspires awe and respect.
Where else “nora” appears- frostקֶּרַחkerach
frost, ice
Ice, frost.
Where else “kerach” appears- spread outנָטוּיnatuy
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natuy” appears- aboveמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears
The context
21When they went, they went; and when they stood still, they stood still; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 · This verse (above)
23And under the vault their wings were straight, one toward the other; each had two covering them, and each had two covering them— their bodies.