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Thatהִיאwas the living creatureהַחַיָּהthatאֲשֶׁרI sawרָאִיתִיbeneathתַּחַתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלby the riverבִּנְהַרChebar;כְּבָרand I knewוָאֵדַעthatכִּיtheyהֵמָּהwere cherubim.כְרוּבִים
Ezekiel 10:20
Study it in the app“That was the living creature that I saw beneath the Elohim of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:20, word by word
- 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” 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- and I knewאֵדַעeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appears- were cherubimכְרוּבִיםcheruvim
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 “cheruvim” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21Each had four faces apiece, and each four wings, and the likeness of human hands under their wings.