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Ezekiel 10:15

And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

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וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּvayeromvand exaltרָמַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and exalt”, the next action in the storyH7426to rise (literally or figuratively)exalt, get (oneself) up, lift up (self), mount up.הַכְּרוּבִ֑יםhakruvimthe cherubכְּרוּבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the cherub”, the ordinary formH3742a cherub or imaginary figurecherub, (plural) cherubims.הִ֣יאhias for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.הַחַיָּ֔הhachayahthe lifeחַיdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the 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.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…רָאִ֖יתִיraitiseeרָאָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “see”, a completed actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…בִּֽנְהַרbinharin floodנָהָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in flood”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.כְּבָֽרkevarChebar. Compare H2249כְּבָרnoun, proper name — “Chebar. Compare H2249”H3529Kebar, a river of MesopotamiaChebar. Compare H2249 (חָבוֹר).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the cherubim mounted up — this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the cherubs are lifted up, it [is] the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

World English Bible

The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Darby Translation

And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Douay-Rheims

And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the cherubim mounted up — this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τὰ χερουβὶμ ἦσαν τοῦτο τὸ ζῶον ὃ ἴδον ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Χοβάρ.