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Title: Ezekiel 1:4
Submitted by: research-bpr@philologos.org
Date: July 21, 1998
URL: http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Word_Studies/ez-1-1.htm
Living Beings: Word Study on Ezekiel 1:4
All definitions taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Holman Bible Publishers.
Signs Employed:
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| x (multiplication) denotes a rendering in the AV that results from an idiom peculiar to the Hebrew. |
| () (parenthesis), in the renderings from the AV, denotes a word or syllable sometimes given in connection with the principal word to which it is annexed. |
| [] (brackets), in the rendering from the AV, denotes the inclusion of an additional word in the Hebrew. |
Ezekiel 1:4 (KJV)
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire
infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as
the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
And I looked, and, behold, a WHIRLWIND
7307 ruwach; from 7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):--air, anger, blast, breath, x cool, courage, mind, x quarter, x side, spirit ([-ual), tempest, x vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).
7306 ruwach; a primitive root; properly to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or by implication perceive (figuratively to anticipate, enjoy):--accept, smell, z touch, make of quick understanding
5591 ca'ar; or ce'arah; from 5590; a hurricane:--storm (-y), tempest, whirlwind.
5590 ca'ar; a primitive root; to rush upon; by implication to toss (transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively): --be (toss with) tempest (-uous), be sore troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.
came out of the NORTH,
6828 tsaphown; or tsaphon; from 6845; properly hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown): --north (-ern, side, -ward, wind).
6845 tsaphan; a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; speculatively (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk:--esteem, hide (-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret (-ly, place).
a great CLOUD
6051 'anan; from 6049; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud:--cloud (-y).
6049 'anan [the accent marks are different]; a primitive root; to cover; used only as denominatively from 6051, to cloud over; figuratively to act covertly, i.e. practise magic:--x bring, enchanger, Meonemin, observe (-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary: nimbus: 1a: a luminous vapor, cloud, or atmosphere about a god or goddess when on earth b: a cloud or atmosphere (as of romance) about a person or thing, 2: an indication (as a circle) of radiant light or glory about the head of a drawn or sculptured divinity, saint, or sovereign, 3a: a rain cloud that is of uniform grayness and extends over the entire sky, b: a cloud from which rain is falling.
thundercloud: a cloud charged with electricity and producing lightning and thunder.
and a fire INFOLDING itself,
3947 laqach; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, x many, mingle, place, receive (-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the COLOUR
5869 'ayin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape): --affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye ([-brow], [-d], -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow [from the margin], x him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), x me, open (-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, x thee, x them, + think, x us, well, x you (-rselves).
of AMBER, out of the midst of the fire.
2830 chashmal; of uncertain derivation; probably bronze or polished spectrum metal:--amber.
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NIV
I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north--an immense cloud with flashing
lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing
metal.
RSV
As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with
brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the
fire, as it were gleaming bronze.
Darby
And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire
infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look
of glowing brass, out of the midst of the fire.
Young's Literal Translation
And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire
catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of
copper, out of the midst of the fire.
NASB
As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire
flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like
glowing metal in the midst of the fire.
New American Bible
As I looked, a stormwind came from the North, a huge cloud with flashing fire [enveloped
in brightness], from the midst of which [the midst of the fire] something gleamed like
electrum.