Ezekiel 40:2

“In visions of Elohim he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a mountain very high, and on it was something like the structure of a city to the south.”
Ezekiel 40:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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In visionsבְּמַרְאוֹתof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhe brought meהֱבִיאַנִיto the landאֶל אֶרֶץof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand set me downוַיְנִיחֵנִיon a mountainאֶל הַרvery high,גָּבֹהַּ מְאֹדand on itוְעָלָיוwas something like the structureכְּמִבְנֵהof a cityעִירto the south.מִנֶּגֶב

Allusion · Revelation 21:10

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Both texts say that the prophet was taken to a high mountain and saw a city.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

הַרharH2022ὄροςorosG3735“mountain”
גָּבֹהַּgavohaH1364ὑψηλόνhypsēlonG5308“high”
עִירirH5892πόλινpolinG4172“city”
אֱלֹהִיםelohimH430θεοῦtheouG2316“Elohim: God; gods”

Ezekiel 40:2, word by word

In visionsמַרְאוֹתmarot

vision

What God shows someone in dreams or awake: a vision.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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he brought meהֱבִיאַhevia

bring

To bring something or someone.

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to the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and set me downיְנִיחֵyeniche

set down

To place someone in a spot and leave him there.

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on a mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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very highגָּבֹהַּgavoha

tall

Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.

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very highמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

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was something like the structureמִבְנֵהmivne

building

A building, a construction.

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of a cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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to the southנֶּגֶבnegev

south

One of the four sides of the land: the south.

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The context

1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on this very day the hand of YHWH was upon me, and he brought me there.

2 · This verse (above)

3And he brought me there, and look, a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a linen cord in his hand and the measuring reed; and he was standing in the gate.

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