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Ezekiel 1:5

Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

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וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּumitokhahand from amongתָּוֶךְconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and from among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).דְּמ֖וּתdemutlikeדְּמוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “like”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1823resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, likefashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.אַרְבַּ֣עarbafourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.חַיּ֑וֹתchayotlifeחַיnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וְזֶה֙vezehand the one...the otherזֶהconjunction, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “and the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…מַרְאֵֽיהֶ֔ןmareyhenvisionמַרְאֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.דְּמ֥וּתdemutlikeדְּמוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “like”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1823resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, likefashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.אָדָ֖םadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.לָהֵֽנָּהlahenahto theirהֵנָּהpreposition, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “to their”H2007themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)[idiom] in, [idiom] such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man;

Young’s Literal Translation

And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,

World English Bible

Out of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.

Darby Translation

Also out of the midst thereof, the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

Douay-Rheims

And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; the likeness of a man was upon them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ὡς ὁμοίωμα τεσσάρων ζῴων· καὶ αὕτη ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῶν· ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπου ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς.