Ezekiel 10:7

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 10:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 10:7, word by word

And the cherubכְּרוּבkeruv

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.

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stretched outיִּשְׁלַחyishlach

stretch out

Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.

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his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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to the fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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and lifted someיִּשָּׂאyisa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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and put itיִּתֵּןyiten

put

To place something somewhere.

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into the cupped handsחָפְנֵיchafne

two handfuls

Both fists full: what fits in the two hands together.

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of the one clothedלְבֻשׁlevush

put on

To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.

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in linenבַּדִּיםbadim

linen

Linen; white linen cloth, and garments made of it.

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and he took itיִּקַּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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and went outיֵּצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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The context

6And 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.

7 · This verse (above)

8And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a human hand under their wings.

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