Ezekiel 1:23

“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.”

Ezekiel 1:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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