Ezekiel 1:14 Go deeper

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. (KJV)

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וְהַחַיּ֖וֹתve.ha.chai.Yotand the living creatures

Lemma: חַיָּה (chay.yah) · Strong's: H2416C

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: living thing

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416C; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:14 word 1

רָצ֣וֹאra.Tzo'they were running

Lemma: רָצָא (ra.tsa) · Strong's: H7519

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to run

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7519; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:14 word 2

וָשׁ֑וֹבva.Shovand they were returning

Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to return: return

Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:14 word 3

כְּמַרְאֵ֖הke.mar.'Ehlike [the] appearance of

Lemma: מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) · Strong's: H4758

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: appearance

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4758; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:14 word 4

הַבָּזָֽק\׃ha.ba.Zak<the> lightning

Lemma: בָּזָק (ba.zaq) · Strong's: H0965

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: lightning

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0965; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:14 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The creatures	→	חַיָּה H2416C living thing
were darting back and forth	→	רָצָא H7519 to run
. . .	→	שׁוּב H7725G to return: return
as quickly as	→	מַרְאֶה H4758 appearance
flashes of lightning	→	בָּזָק H0965 lightning

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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