In the thirtieth year,athe thirtieth year We do not know the 30th of what. on the fifth day of the fourth month, when I was in the community of exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
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ויהי
31
בשלשים
682
שנה
355
ברביעי
294
בחמשה
355
לחדש
342
ואני
67
בתוךהגולה
477
עלנהרכבר
577
נפתחו
544
השמים
395
ואראה
213
מראות
647
אלהים
86
Ezekiel 1:2
Gematria: 2516
בחמשהלחדשהיאהשנההחמישיתלגלותהמלךיויכין
(On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
I looked, and lo, a stormy wind came sweeping out of the north—a huge cloud and flashing fire, surrounded by a radiance; and in the center of it, in the center of the fire, a gleam as of amber.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וארא
208
והנה
66
רוח
214
סערה
335
באה
8
מןהצפון
321
ענן
170
גדול
43
ואש
307
מתלקחת
978
ונגהלו
100
סביב
74
ומתוכה
477
כעין
150
החשמל
383
מתוך
466
האש
306
Ezekiel 1:5
Gematria: 2533
ומתוכהדמותארבעחיותוזהמראיהןדמותאדםלהנה
In the center of it were also the figures of four creatures. And this was their appearance:They had the figures of human beings.
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ומתוכה
477
דמות
450
ארבע
273
חיות
424
וזה
18
מראיהן
306
דמות
450
אדם
45
להנה
90
Ezekiel 1:6
Gematria: 1896
וארבעהפניםלאחתוארבעכנפיםלאחתלהם
However, each had four faces, and each of them had four wings;
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וארבעה
284
פנים
180
לאחת
439
וארבע
279
כנפים
200
לאחת
439
להם
75
Ezekiel 1:7
Gematria: 3246
ורגליהםרגלישרהוכףרגליהםככףרגלעגלונצציםכעיןנחשתקלל
the legs of each were [fused into] a single rigid leg, and the feet of each were like a single calf’s hoof;blike a single calf’s hoof I.e., cleft in front. and their sparklecsparkle Or “plumage.” was like the luster of burnished bronze.
Each of them had a human face [at the front]; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right; each of the four had the face of an ox on the left; and each of the four had the face of an eagle [at the back].
Such were their faces. As for their wings, they were separated: above, each had two touching those of the others, while the other two covered its body.
Such then was the appearance of the creatures. With them was something that looked like burning coals of fire. This fire, suggestive of torches, kept moving about among the creatures; the fire had a radiance, and lightning issued from the fire.
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ודמות
456
החיות
429
מראיהם
296
כגחליאש
372
בערות
678
כמראה
266
הלפדים
169
היא
16
מתהלכת
895
בין
62
החיות
429
ונגה
64
לאש
331
ומןהאש
402
יוצא
107
ברק
302
Ezekiel 1:14
Gematria: 1426
והחיותרצואושובכמראההבזק
Dashing to and fro [among] the creatures was something that looked like flares.dDashing to and fro [among] the creatures was something that looked like flares Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
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והחיות
435
רצוא
297
ושוב
314
כמראה
266
הבזק
114
Ezekiel 1:15
Gematria: 2545
ואראהחיותוהנהאופןאחדבארץאצלהחיותלארבעתפניו
As I gazed on the creatures, I saw one wheel on the ground next to each of the four-faced creatures.
As for the appearance and structure of the wheels, they gleamed like beryl. All four had the same form; the appearance and structure of each was as of two wheels cutting through each other.
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מראה
246
האופנים
192
ומעשיהם
471
כעין
150
תרשיש
1210
ודמות
456
אחד
13
לארבעתן
753
ומראיהם
302
ומעשיהם
471
כאשר
521
יהיה
30
האופן
142
בתוך
428
האופן
142
Ezekiel 1:17
Gematria: 2279
עלארבעתרבעיהןבלכתםילכולאיסבובלכתן
And when they moved, each could move in the direction of any of its four quarters; they did not veer when they moved.
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עלארבעת
773
רבעיהן
337
בלכתם
492
ילכו
66
לא
31
יסבו
78
בלכתן
502
Ezekiel 1:18
Gematria: 2393
וגביהןוגבהלהםויראהלהםוגבתםמלאתעיניםסביבלארבעתן
Their rims were tall and frightening, for the rims of all four were covered all over with eyes.
Wherever the spirit impelled them to go, they went—wherever the spirit impelled them—and the wheels were borne alongside them; for the spirit of the creatures was in the wheels.
When those moved, these moved; and when those stood still, these stood still; and when those were borne above the earth, the wheels were borne alongside them—for the spirit of the creatures was in the wheels.
When they moved, I could hear the sound of their wings like the sound of mighty waters, like the sound of Shaddai,eShaddai Traditionally “the Almighty”; see Gen. 17.1. a tumult like the din of an army. When they stood still, they would let their wings droop.
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ואשמע
417
אתקול
537
כנפיהם
205
כקול
156
מים
90
רבים
252
כקולשדי
470
בלכתם
492
קול
136
המלה
80
כקול
156
מחנה
103
בעמדם
156
תרפינה
745
כנפיהן
215
Ezekiel 1:25
Gematria: 2975
ויהיקולמעללרקיעאשרעלראשםבעמדםתרפינהכנפיהן
From above the expanse over their heads came a sound.fFrom above the expanse over their heads came a sound Meaning of Heb. uncertain. When they stood still, they would let their wings droop.
Above the expanse over their heads was the semblance of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and on top, upon this semblance of a throne, there was the semblance of a human form.
From what appeared as the loins up, I saw a gleam as of amber—what looked like a fire encased in a frame;gwhat looked like a fire encased in a frame Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and from what appeared as the loins down, I saw what looked like fire. There was a surrounding radiance.
Like the appearance of the bow that shines in the clouds on a day of rain, such was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. That was the appearance of the semblance of the Presence of GOD. When I beheld it, I flung myself down on my face. And I heard the voice of someone speaking.