And I sawוָאֵרֶאsomething like the gleamכְּעֵיןof shining metal,חַשְׁמַלlike the appearanceכְּמַרְאֵהof fireאֵשׁenclosing itבֵּית לָהּall around,סָבִיבfrom the appearanceמִמַּרְאֵהof his loinsמָתְנָיוand upward;וּלְמָעְלָהand from the appearanceוּמִמַּרְאֵהof his loinsמָתְנָיוand downwardוּלְמַטָּהI sawרָאִיתִיsomething like the appearanceכְּמַרְאֵהof fire,אֵשׁand there was brightnessוְנֹגַהּaround him.לוֹ סָבִיב
Ezekiel 1:27
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.