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And the gloryוַ כְּבוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהwent outיֵּצֵאfrom uponמֵעַלthe thresholdמִפְתַּןof the houseהַבָּיִתand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדoverעַלthe cherubim.הַכְּרוּבִים
Ezekiel 10:18
Study it in the app“And the glory of YHWH went out from upon the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:18, word by word
- And the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- the thresholdמִפְתַּןmiftan
threshold
Threshold: the stone or wooden piece on the floor of a doorway.
Where else “miftan” appears- of the houseבָּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- and stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- 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
The context
17When they stood still, they stood still; and when they rose, they rose with them, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18 · This verse (above)
19And the cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the earth before my eyes as they went out, and the wheels alongside them; and it stood at the entrance of the eastern gate of the house of YHWH, and the glory of the Elohim of Israel was over them above.