The Meaning of Ezekiel 10:21 Explained

Ezekiel 10:21

KJV: Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

YLT: Four faces are to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man is under their wings.

Darby: Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

ASV: Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Every one  had four  faces  apiece,  and every one  four  wings;  and the likeness  of the hands  of a man  [was] under their wings. 

What does Ezekiel 10:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 10

1  The vision of the coals of fire, to be scattered over the city
8  The vision of the cherubim

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 10:21 mean?

Four four faces had [Each] one and four wings [each] one and the likeness of the hands of a man [was] under their wings
אַרְבָּעָ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֤ה פָנִים֙ לְאֶחָ֔ד וְאַרְבַּ֥ע כְּנָפַ֖יִם לְאֶחָ֑ד וּדְמוּת֙ יְדֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם

אַרְבָּעָ֨ה  Four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
אַרְבָּעָ֤ה  four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
פָנִים֙  faces 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
לְאֶחָ֔ד  had  [Each]  one 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וְאַרְבַּ֥ע  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
כְּנָפַ֖יִם  wings 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
לְאֶחָ֑ד  [each]  one 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וּדְמוּת֙  and  the  likeness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: דְּמוּת  
Sense: likeness, similitude adv.
יְדֵ֣י  of  the  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אָדָ֔ם  of  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
תַּ֖חַת  [was]  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם  their  wings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.

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