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Each hadלְאֶחָדfourאַרְבָּעָהfacesפָנִיםapiece,אַרְבָּעָהand eachוְ לְאֶחָדfourאַרְבַּעwings,כְּנָפַיִםand the likenessוּדְמוּתof humanאָדָםhandsיְדֵיunderתַּחַתtheir wings.כַּנְפֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 10:21
Study it in the app“Each had four faces apiece, and each four wings, and the likeness of human hands under their wings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:21, word by word
- Each hadאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- facesפָנִיםfanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanim” appears- wingsכְּנָפַיִםkenafayim
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafayim” appears- and the likenessדְמוּתdemut
likeness
Likeness, resemblance; form, model; "like". It goes with "image": the human being was made to be like God in some way and to represent him, without being equal to him.
Where else “demut” appears- of humanאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears
The context
20That was the living creature that I saw beneath the Elohim of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
21 · This verse (above)
22And the likeness of their faces: they were the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearance and they themselves; each went in the direction of its face.