And underוְתַחַתthe vaultהָרָקִיעַtheir wingsכַּנְפֵיהֶםwere straight,יְשָׁרוֹתoneאִשָּׁהtoward the other;אֶל אֲחוֹתָהּeach hadלְאִישׁtwoשְׁתַּיִםcoveringמְכַסּוֹתthem,לָהֵנָּהand each hadוּלְאִישׁtwoשְׁתַּיִםcoveringמְכַסּוֹתthem—לָהֵנָּהtheir bodies.גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 1:23
Study it in the app“And under the vault their wings were straight, one toward the other; each had two covering them, and each had two covering them— their bodies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:23, word by word
- the 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- their wingsכַּנְפֵיkanfe
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kanfe” appears- were straightיְשָׁרוֹתyesharot
straight
Without bends or lean, like a straight road or a straight foot.
Where else “yesharot” appears- oneאִשָּׁהisha
each
Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.
Where else “isha” appears- toward the otherאֲחוֹתָachota
pair
Also used to pair things, one with another, like the curtains of the sanctuary.
Where else “achota” 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- coveringמְכַסּוֹתmechasot
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “mechasot” appears- their bodiesגְּוִיֹּתֵיgeviyote
body
The physical frame of a living being.
Where else “geviyote” appears
The context
22And 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24And I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the voice of Shaddai, when they went, a sound of roaring like the sound of a camp; when they stood still, they let down their wings.