And it was like the appearanceוּכְמַרְאֵהof the visionהַמַּרְאֶהthatאֲשֶׁרI saw,רָאִיתִיlike the visionכַּמַּרְאֶהthatאֲשֶׁרI sawרָאִיתִיwhen I cameבְּבֹאִיto destroyלְשַׁחֵתthe city;הָעִירand visionsוּמַרְאוֹתlike the visionכַּמַּרְאֶהthatאֲשֶׁרI sawרָאִיתִיby the riverאֶל נְהַרChebar;כְּבָרand I fellוָאֶפֹּלon my face.אֶל פָּנָי
Ezekiel 43:3
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.