Ezekiel 2:9

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

Ezekiel 2:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 2:9, word by word

And I lookedאֶרְאֶהere

see

To see with one's eyes.

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a handיָדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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stretched outשְׁלוּחָהshelucha

stretch out

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

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was a scrollמְגִלַּתmegilat

scroll

Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.

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of a bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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The context

8And you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you: do not be rebellious like the rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

9 · This verse (above)

10And 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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