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And look,וְהִנֵּהthereשָׁםwas the gloryכְּבוֹדof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלlike the appearanceכַּמַּרְאֶהthatאֲשֶׁרI sawרָאִיתִיin the plain.בַּבִּקְעָה
Ezekiel 8:4
Study it in the app“And look, there was the glory of the Elohim of Israel, like the appearance that I saw in the plain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 8:4, word by word
- was the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- like the appearanceמַּרְאֶהmare
vision
A vision God gives, which must be understood.
Where else “mare” appears- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raiti” appears- in the plainבִּקְעָהbika
plain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “bika” appears
The context
3And he stretched out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and a spirit lifted me between the earth and the heavens and brought me to Jerusalem in visions of Elohim, to the entrance of the gate of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the statue of jealousy that provokes jealousy.
4 · This verse (above)
5And he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes toward the north.” And I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and look, north of the gate of the altar was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.