And the likenessוּדְמוּתof their faces:פְּנֵיהֶםthey wereהֵמָּהthe facesהַפָּנִיםthatאֲשֶׁרI sawרָאִיתִיby the riverעַל נְהַרChebar,כְּבָרtheir appearanceמַרְאֵיהֶםand they themselves;וְאוֹתָםeachאִישׁwentיֵלֵכוּin the directionאֶל עֵבֶרof its face.פָּנָיו
Ezekiel 10:22
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:22, word by word
- 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 their facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
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- their appearanceמַרְאֵיmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- wentיֵלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- in the directionעֵבֶרever
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “ever” appears
The context
21Each had four faces apiece, and each four wings, and the likeness of human hands under their wings.
22 · This verse (above)