Ezekiel 43:3

“And it was like the appearance of the vision that I saw, like the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and visions like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.”

Ezekiel 43:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 43:3, word by word

And it was like the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare

appearance

The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.

Where else “mare” appears
I sawרָאִיתִיraiti

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “raiti” appears
when I cameבֹאִvoi

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “voi” appears
to destroyשַׁחֵתshachet

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “shachet” appears
the cityעִירir

city

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

Where else “ir” appears
by the riverנְהַרnehar

river

River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.

Where else “nehar” appears
Chebarכְּבָרkevar

Chebar

Chebar: a river (or canal) in Babylonia, beside which the exiles from Judah lived.

Where else “kevar” appears
and I fellאֶפֹּלepol

fall prostrate

To fall facedown, or embrace someone.

Where else “epol” appears
on my faceפָּנָpana

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “pana” appears

Translation note

“When I came to destroy”: it can be understood as when I announced its destruction (chapters 8–11).

The context

2And look, the glory of the Elohim of Israel was coming from the way of the east; and his sound was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.

3 · This verse (above)

4And the glory of YHWH came into the house by way of the gate that faced toward the east.

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