Ezekiel 10:1
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.Ezekiel 10:1 in the real world
In what words
- סַפִּירçappîyra gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
- רָקִיעַrâqîyaʻproperly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- דְּמוּתdᵉmûwthresemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
- כְּרוּבkᵉrûwba cherub or imaginary figure
- מַרְאֶהmarʼeha view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (e
- אֶבֶןʼebena stone
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 24:10, Ezk 1:22–26, Rev 1:13, Rev 4:2–3, Gen 32:24, Ezk 10:20, Jos 6:2, Jer 13:18–22