their wingsכַּנְפֵיהֶםwere joinedחֹבְרֹתoneאִשָּׁהto another;אֶל אֲחוֹתָהּthey did notלֹאturnיִסַּבּוּas they went;בְלֶכְתָּןeachאִישׁwentיֵלֵכוּin the directionאֶל עֵבֶרof its face.פָּנָיו
Ezekiel 1:9
Study it in the app“their wings were joined one to another; they did not turn as they went; each went in the direction of its face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.