I looked, and on the expanse over the heads of the cherubs, there was something like a sapphire stone; an appearance resembling a throne could be seen over them.
[God] spoke to the figure clothed in linen and said, “Step inside the wheelwork, under the cherubs, and fill your hands with glowing coals from among the cherubs, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in as I looked on.
But when the Presence of GOD moved from the cherubs to the platformaplatform See note at 47.1. of the House, the House was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the radiance of the Presence of GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וירם
256
כבודיהוה
58
מעל
140
הכרוב
233
על
100
מפתן
570
הבית
417
וימלא
87
הבית
417
אתהענן
576
והחצר
309
מלאה
76
אתנגה
459
כבוד
32
יהוה
26
Ezekiel 10:5
Gematria: 2305
וקולכנפיהכרוביםנשמעעדהחצרהחיצנהכקולאלשדיבדברו
The sound of the cherubs’ wings could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of El ShaddaibShaddai See note at Gen. 17.1. when speaking.
And a cherub stretched out a hand among the cherubs to the fire that was among the cherubs; he took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישלח
354
הכרוב
233
אתידו
421
מבינות
508
לכרובים
308
אלהאש
337
אשר
501
בינות
468
הכרבים
277
וישא
317
ויתן
466
אלחפני
179
לבש
332
הבדים
61
ויקח
124
ויצא
107
Ezekiel 10:8
Gematria: 2453
ויראלכרביםתבניתידאדםתחתכנפיהם
The cherubs appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.
I could see that there were four wheels beside the cherubs, one wheel beside each of the cherubs; as for the appearance of the wheels, they gleamed like the beryl stone.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואראה
213
והנה
66
ארבעה
278
אופנים
187
אצל
121
הכרובים
283
אופן
137
אחד
13
אצל
121
הכרוב
233
אחד
13
ואופן
143
אחד
13
אצל
121
הכרוב
233
אחד
13
ומראה
252
האופנים
192
כעין
150
אבן
53
תרשיש
1210
Ezekiel 10:10
Gematria: 2771
ומראיהםדמותאחדלארבעתםכאשריהיההאופןבתוךהאופן
In appearance, the four had the same form, as if there were two wheels cutting through each other.
And when they moved, each could move in the direction of any of its four quarters; they did not veer as they moved. The [cherubs] moved in the direction in which one of the heads faced, without turning as they moved.
Whenever the cherubs went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubs lifted their wings to ascend from the earth, the wheels did not roll away from their side.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובלכת
458
הכרובים
283
ילכו
66
האופנים
192
אצלם
161
ובשאת
709
הכרובים
283
אתכנפיהם
606
לרום
276
מעל
140
הארץ
296
לאיסבו
109
האופנים
192
גםהם
88
מאצלם
201
Ezekiel 10:17
Gematria: 1608
בעמדםיעמדווברומםירומואותםכירוחהחיהבהם
When those stood still, these stood still; and when those ascended, these ascended with them, for the spirit of the creature was in them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בעמדם
156
יעמדו
130
וברומם
294
ירומו
262
אותם
447
כי
30
רוח
214
החיה
28
בהם
47
Ezekiel 10:18
Gematria: 1805
ויצאכבודיהוהמעלמפתןהביתויעמדעלהכרובים
Then the Presence of GOD left the platformdplatform See note at 47.1. of the House and stopped above the cherubs.
And I saw the cherubs lift their wings and rise from the earth, with the wheels beside them as they departed; and theyethey Lit. “it.” stopped at the entrance of the eastern gate of the House of GOD, with the Presence of the God of Israel above them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישאו
323
הכרובים
283
אתכנפיהם
606
וירומו
268
מןהארץ
386
לעיני
170
בצאתם
533
והאופנים
198
לעמתם
580
ויעמד
130
פתח
488
שער
570
ביתיהוה
438
הקדמוני
215
וכבוד
38
אלהיישראל
587
עליהם
155
מלמעלה
215
Ezekiel 10:20
Gematria: 3479
היאהחיהאשרראיתיתחתאלהיישראלבנהרכברואדעכיכרוביםהמה
They were the same creatures that I had seen below the God of Israel at the Chebar Canal; so now I knew that they were cherubs.fI knew that they were cherubs Because they had been called “cherubs” (cf. v. 2).
As for the form of their faces, they were the very faces that I had seen by the Chebar Canal—their appearance and their featuresgtheir features Lit. “themselves.”—and each could move in the direction of any of its faces.