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Ezekiel 1:5

“And in its midst was the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a human being.”

Ezekiel 1:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Both texts describe four living creatures around the throne, full of eyes.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • דְּמוּתdemutH1823ὁμοίαhomoiaG3664“likeness”
  • תּוֹכָtojaH8432μέσῳmesōiG3319“middle, in the midst of”
  • סָבִיבsavivH5439κύκλῳkyklōiG2945“around”
  • אַרְבַּעarbaH702τέσσαραtessaraG5064“four”
  • חַיּוֹתjayotH2416ζῷαzōiaG2226“living; animal”
  • חֹבְרֹתjovrotH2266γέμονταgemontaG1073“join”
  • עֵיןenH5869ὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōnG3788“eye”

Ezekiel 1:5, word by word

And in its midstתּוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “tocha” appears
was the likenessדְּמוּתdemut

likeness

Likeness, resemblance; form, model; "like". It goes with "image": the human being was made to be like God in some way and to represent him, without being equal to him.

Where else “demut” appears
of fourאַרְבַּעarba

four

Four.

Where else “arba” appears
living creaturesחַיּוֹתchayot

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

Where else “chayot” appears
their appearanceמַרְאֵיmare

appearance

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

Where else “mare” appears
of a human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears

The context

4And 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.

5 · This verse (above)

6And each had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

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