King James Version

Ezekiel 11:22

Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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וַיִּשְׂא֤וּvayisvand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…הַכְּרוּבִים֙hakruvimthe cherubכְּרוּבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the cherub”, the ordinary formH3742a cherub or imaginary figurecherub, (plural) cherubims.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔םkanfeyhemwingכָּנָףnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle[phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).וְהָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖יםvehaofanimand the wheelאוֹפָןconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the wheel”, the ordinary formH212a wheelwheel.לְעֻמָּתָ֑םleumatamto besideעֻמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to beside”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5980conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with(over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.וּכְב֧וֹדukhevodand gloriousכָּבוֹדconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and glorious”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).אֱלֹהֵֽיeloheGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.עֲלֵיהֶ֖םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִלְמָֽעְלָהmilmaelahfrom to aboveמַעַלpreposition, preposition, adverb, directional ending — “from to above”H4605properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels [are] over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel [is] over them above.

World English Bible

Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Darby Translation

And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Douay-Rheims

And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and the wheels with them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then the cherubs lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξῇραν τὰ χερουβὶμ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ τροχοὶ ἐχόμενοι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ δόξα Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπʼ αὐτὰ ὑπεράνω αὐτῶν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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