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And the cherubimוַ הַכְּרוּבִיםrose up;יֵּרֹמּוּthatהִיאwas the living creatureהַחַיָּהthatאֲשֶׁרI sawרָאִיתִיby the riverבִּנְהַרChebar.כְּבָר
Ezekiel 10:15
Study it in the app“And the cherubim rose up; that was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:15, word by word
- And the cherubimכְּרוּבִיםkeruvim
cherub
Cherub(im): heavenly beings who in the Bible appear near God's presence and guarding what is holy, such as the way to the tree of life and the place above the ark of the covenant. They are not the "little angels" of paintings.
Where else “keruvim” appears- rose upיֵּרֹמּוּyeromu
rise
Rise up, be exalted.
Where else “yeromu” appears- was the living creatureחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raiti” appears- by the riverנְהַרnehar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nehar” appears- Chebarכְּבָרkevar
Chebar
Chebar: a river (or canal) in Babylonia, beside which the exiles from Judah lived.
Where else “kevar” appears
The context
14And each had four faces: the face of the first was the face of a cherub, and the face of the second the face of a human being, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 · This verse (above)
16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise from the earth, the wheels, they too, did not turn from beside them.