And it came about,וַיְהִיwhen he commandedבְּצַוֺּתוֹthe manהָאִישׁclothedלְבֻשׁin linen,הַבַּדִּיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Takeקַחfireאֵשׁfrom betweenמִבֵּינוֹתthe whirl,לַגַּלְגַּלfrom betweenמִבֵּינוֹתthe cherubim,”לַכְּרוּבִיםthat he went inוַיָּבֹאand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדbesideאֵצֶלthe wheel.הָאוֹפָן
Ezekiel 10:6
Study it in the app“And it came about, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirl, from between the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 10:6, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when he commandedצַוֺּתtsavot
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsavot” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- clothedלְבֻשׁlevush
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “levush” appears- in linenבַּדִּיםbadim
linen
Linen; white linen cloth, and garments made of it.
Where else “badim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- the whirlגַּלְגַּלgalgal
whirlwind
Something that whirls, like a whirlwind.
Where else “galgal” 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- that he went inיָּבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- and stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- besideאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- the wheelאוֹפָןofan
wheel
Wheel.
Where else “ofan” appears
The context
5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of El Shaddai when he speaks.
6 · This verse (above)
7And the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and lifted some and put it into the cupped hands of the one clothed in linen; and he took it and went out.