Study it in the app“And I looked, and look, a storm wind coming from the north, a great cloud and a fire enfolding itself, and brightness around it, and in its midst something like the gleam of shining metal, in the midst of the fire.”
And I looked,וָאֵרֶאand look,וְהִנֵּהa stormסְעָרָהwindרוּחַcomingבָּאָהfrom the north,מִן הַצָּפוֹןa greatגָּדוֹלcloudעָנָןand a fireוְאֵשׁenfolding itself,מִתְלַקַּחַתand brightnessוְנֹגַהּaround it,לוֹ סָבִיבand in its midstוּמִתּוֹכָהּsomething like the gleamכְּעֵיןof shining metal,הַחַשְׁמַלin the midstמִתּוֹךְof the fire.הָאֵשׁ
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsstorm, whirlwind
A whirlwind, a tempest: a very strong wind that swirls and sweeps along.
Where else “seara” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafon” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearscloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “mitlakachat” appearsbrightness
Brightness, shining: the light of fire, of dawn, of the sun, or of the presence of God.
Where else “nogah” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appearsappearance
Literally "the eye": how something looks, its glint.
Where else “en” appearsgleaming 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“Shining metal”: the Hebrew word (chashmal) is rare; the lexicon explains it as probably bronze or a polished metal. Its exact sense is not certain.
3the word of YHWH indeed came to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of YHWH came upon him there.
4 · This verse (above)
5And in its midst was the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a human being.
