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And there wasוַיְהִיa voiceקוֹלfrom aboveמֵעַלthe vaultלָרָקִיעַthat wasאֲשֶׁרoverעַלtheir heads;רֹאשָׁםwhen they stood still,בְּעָמְדָםthey let downתְּרַפֶּינָהtheir wings.כַנְפֵיהֶן
Ezekiel 1:25
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Ezekiel 1:25, word by word
- And there wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- 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 headsרֹאשָׁrosha
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appears- when they stood stillעָמְדָamda
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “amda” appears- they let downתְּרַפֶּינָהterapena
go limp
To grow feeble, be discouraged.
Where else “terapena” appears- their wingsכַנְפֵיchanfe
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “chanfe” appears
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26And above the vault that was over their heads, like the appearance of a sapphire stone, was the likeness of a throne; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness like the appearance of a human being on it, above.