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When they stood still,בְּעָמְדָםthey stood still;יַעֲמֹדוּand when they rose,וּבְרוֹמָםthey roseיֵרוֹמּוּwith them,אוֹתָםforכִּיthe spiritרוּחַof the living creatureהַחַיָּהwas in them.בָּהֶם
Ezekiel 10:17
Study it in the app“When they stood still, they stood still; and when they rose, they rose with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:17, word by word
- When they stood stillעָמְדָamda
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “amda” appears- and when they roseרוֹמָroma
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “roma” appears- they roseיֵרוֹמּוּyeromu
rise
Rise up, be exalted.
Where else “yeromu” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of the living creatureחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And the glory of YHWH went out from upon the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.