Ezekiel 2:10

“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.”

Ezekiel 2:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 2:10, word by word

And he spread it outיִּפְרֹשׂyifros

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

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before meפָנַfana

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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was writtenכְתוּבָהchetuva

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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and on the backאָחוֹרachor

behind

The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.

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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.

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moaningהֶגֶהhege

rumbling, sighing, musing

A murmur, a low sound: of thunder, of a sigh or of one thinking aloud.

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and woeהִיhi

woe

"Woe!", a cry of lament.

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The context

9And I looked, and look, a hand stretched out to me, and look, in it was a scroll of a book.

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