And he spread it outוַיִּפְרֹשׂ אוֹתָהּbefore me,לְפָנַיand itוְהִיאwas writtenכְתוּבָהon the frontפָּנִיםand on the back,וְאָחוֹרand writtenוְכָתוּבon itאֵלֶיהָwere laments,קִנִיםmoaning,וָהֶגֶהand woe.וָהִי
Ezekiel 2:10
Study it in the app“And he spread it out before me, and it was written on the front and on the back, and written on it were laments, moaning, and woe.”
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Ezekiel 2:10, word by word
- And he spread it outיִּפְרֹשׂyifros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “yifros” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- was writtenכְתוּבָהchetuva
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “chetuva” appears- and on the backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- were lamentsקִנִיםkinim
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kinim” appears- moaningהֶגֶהhege
rumbling, sighing, musing
A murmur, a low sound: of thunder, of a sigh or of one thinking aloud.
Where else “hege” appears- and woeהִיhi
woe
"Woe!", a cry of lament.
Where else “hi” appears
The context
9And I looked, and look, a hand stretched out to me, and look, in it was a scroll of a book.
10 · This verse (above)