Ezekiel 1:27

“And I saw something like the gleam of shining metal, like the appearance of fire enclosing it all around, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw something like the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.”

Ezekiel 1:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 1:27, word by word

And I sawאֵרֶאere

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “ere” appears
something like the gleamעֵיןen

appearance

Literally "the eye": how something looks, its glint.

Where else “en” appears
of shining metalחַשְׁמַלchashmal

gleaming metal

A rare word, probably bronze or a polished, shining metal. It appears only in Ezekiel, in the vision of the glory.

Where else “chashmal” appears
like the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare

appearance

The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.

Where else “mare” appears
of fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
enclosing itבֵּיתbet

inside

Literally "the house": the inner part of something.

Where else “bet” appears
all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

Where else “saviv” appears
of his loinsמָתְנָיmatnay

waist, loins

Waist, loins.

Where else “matnay” appears
and upwardמָעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears
and downwardמַטָּהmata

below, downward

Below, downward, beneath.

Where else “mata” appears
and there was brightnessנֹגַהּnogah

brightness

Brightness, shining: the light of fire, of dawn, of the sun, or of the presence of God.

Where else “nogah” appears

The context

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.

27 · This verse (above)

28Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. That was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of YHWH. And I saw it, and I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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