Ezekiel 1:9

“their wings were joined one to another; they did not turn as they went; each went in the direction of its face.”

Ezekiel 1:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 1:9, word by word

their wingsכַּנְפֵיkanfe

wing

A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.

Where else “kanfe” appears
were joinedחֹבְרֹתchovrot

join

To set two things together so that they form one.

Where else “chovrot” appears
oneאִשָּׁהisha

each

Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.

Where else “isha” appears
to anotherאֲחוֹתָachota

pair

Also used to pair things, one with another, like the curtains of the sanctuary.

Where else “achota” appears
turnיִסַּבּוּyisabu

turn

To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.

Where else “yisabu” appears
as they wentלֶכְתָּlechta

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lechta” appears
eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
in the directionעֵבֶרever

side

Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.

Where else “ever” appears
of its faceפָּנָיpanay

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “panay” appears

The context

8And human hands were under their wings on their four sides, and the four of them had their faces and their wings thus:

9 · This verse (above)

10And the likeness of their faces: the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right for the four of them, and the face of an ox on the left for the four of them, and the face of an eagle for the four of them.

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