Ezekiel 1:18 Go deeper
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As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. (KJV)
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וְגַ֨בֵּיהֶ֔ןve.Ga.bei.Henand rims their
Lemma: גַּב (gav) · Strong's: H1354
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: back/rim/brow
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 14:9, 1 Kings 7:33, Job 13:12, Job 15:26, Psalms 129:3, Ezekiel 10:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1354; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 1
וְגֹ֥בַהּve.Goahand height
Lemma: גֹּ֫בַהּ (go.vah) · Strong's: H1363
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: height
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:4, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 2 Chronicles 32:26, Job 11:8, Job 22:12, Job 40:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1363; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 2
וְיִרְאָ֣הve.yir.'Ahand fear
Lemma: יִרְאָה (yir.ah) · Strong's: H3374
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: fear
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 20:11, Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 2:25, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:9, Nehemiah 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3374; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 3
וְגַבֹּתָ֗םve.ga.bo.Tamand rims their
Lemma: גַּב (gav) · Strong's: H1354
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: back/rim/brow
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 14:9, 1 Kings 7:33, Job 13:12, Job 15:26, Psalms 129:3, Ezekiel 10:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1354; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 4
מְלֵאֹ֥תme.le.'Ot[were] full of
Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4392
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HAafpc)
Meaning: full
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 23:9, Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:22, Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:14, Numbers 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4392; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 5
עֵינַ֛יִם'ei.Na.yimeyes
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 6
סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall around
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: around
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 35:5, Genesis 41:48, Exodus 16:13, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439G; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 7
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽן\׃le.'ar.ba'.Tanto [the] four of them
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Acfsc (Acfsc)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT Ezekiel 1:18 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their rims | → | גַּב H1354 back/rim/brow |
| were high | → | גֹּ֫בַהּ H1363 height |
| and awesome | → | יִרְאָה H3374 fear |
| . . . | → | |
| and all four | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
| rims | → | גַּב H1354 back/rim/brow |
| were full of | → | מָלֵא H4392 full |
| eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| all around | → | סָבִיב H5439G around |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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