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And the gloryוַ כְּבוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהwent upיַּעַלfromמֵעַלthe midstתּוֹךְof the cityהָעִירand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדonעַלthe mountainהָהָרthat isאֲשֶׁרeastמִקֶּדֶםof the city.לָעִיר
Ezekiel 11:23
Study it in the app“And the glory of YHWH went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is east of the city.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 11:23, word by word
- And the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- eastקֶּדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears
Translation note
The mountain east of Jerusalem is the Mount of Olives.
The context
22And the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels alongside them, and the glory of the Elohim of Israel was over them above.
23 · This verse (above)
24And a spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea, to the exiles, in the vision by the spirit of Elohim; and the vision that I had seen went up from me.