Ezekiel 1:4
And I saw, and lo! a whirlwind came from the north, and a great cloud, and fire wrapping in, and brightness in the compass thereof; and as the likeness of electrum from the midst thereof, that is, from the midst of the fire.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חַשְׁמַלchashmalprobably bronze or polished spectrum metal
- נֹגַהּnôgahhbrilliancy (literally or figuratively)
- סַעַרçaʻara hurricane
- עָנָןʻânâna cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
- צָפוֹןtsâphôwnproperly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
- סָבִיבçâbîyb(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without prepos
- אֵשׁʼêshfire (literally or figuratively)
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 1:27, Ezk 8:2, Jer 23:19, Isa 21:1, Jer 25:32, Jer 1:13–14, Exo 19:16–18, Psa 104:3–4