The Meaning of Ezekiel 10:15 Explained

Ezekiel 10:15

KJV: And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

YLT: And the cherubs are lifted up, it is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

Darby: And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

ASV: And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the cherubims  were lifted up.  This [is] the living creature  that I saw  by the river  of Chebar. 

What does Ezekiel 10:15 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 10:15 mean?

And were lifted up The cherubim that [was] the living creature that I saw by the River Chebar
וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּ הַכְּרוּבִ֑ים הִ֣יא הַחַיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי בִּֽנְהַר־ כְּבָֽר

וַיֵּרֹ֖מּוּ  And  were  lifted  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָמַם  
Sense: to be exalted, be lifted up.
הַכְּרוּבִ֑ים  The  cherubim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
הִ֣יא  that  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
הַחַיָּ֔ה  the  living  creature 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
רָאִ֖יתִי  I  saw 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
בִּֽנְהַר־  by  the  River 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נָהָר  
Sense: stream, river.
כְּבָֽר  Chebar 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כְּבָר  
Sense: a Babylonian river near which many Israelite exiles settled; maybe the ‘Habor’ or the ‘Royal Canal’ of Nebuchadnezzar.