The Meaning of Ezekiel 1:11 Explained

Ezekiel 1:11

KJV: Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

YLT: And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each are two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.

Darby: And their faces and their wings were parted above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

ASV: And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus [were] their faces:  and their wings  [were] stretched  upward;  two  [wings] of every one  [were] joined  one  to another,  and two  covered  their bodies. 

What does Ezekiel 1:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezekiel 1:1-21 - A Vision Of God's Majesty
A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four living creatures became visible, combining, under various figures, intelligence, strength, patience, and soaring aspiration. The wheels were evidently symbolical of the cycles of divine providence, which cooperate with the ministers of the divine will. The slab of blue expanse supported a human semblance, suggestive of that great after-event-God manifest in the flesh. The whole conception impresses us with the reality, order, majesty, and humanness, of the Eternal God. Those holy beings surely represent the intelligent company of innumerable angels and servants, while the wheels represent the material creation. All these are sent forth to minister to the heirs of salvation. Angels and nature minister to us, if we are in union with God. All things serve the servants of the Most High. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 1

1  The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar
4  His vision of four cherubim;
15  of the four wheels;
26  and of the glory of God

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 1:11 mean?

Thus [were] their faces And their wings stretched upward of each one two [wings] touched one another and two covered - their bodies
וּפְנֵיהֶ֕ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֥ם פְּרֻד֖וֹת מִלְמָ֑עְלָה לְאִ֗ישׁ שְׁ֚תַּיִם חֹבְר֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם מְכַסּ֔וֹת אֵ֖ת גְּוִיֹתֵיהֶֽנָה‪‬

וּפְנֵיהֶ֕ם  Thus  [were]  their  faces 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֥ם  And  their  wings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
פְּרֻד֖וֹת  stretched 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine plural
Root: פָּרַד  
Sense: to separate, divide.
מִלְמָ֑עְלָה  upward 
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.
לְאִ֗ישׁ  of  each  one 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
שְׁ֚תַּיִם  two  [wings] 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
חֹבְר֣וֹת  touched 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: הִתְחַבְּרוּת 
Sense: to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer.
אִ֔ישׁ  one  another 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם  and  two 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
מְכַסּ֔וֹת  covered 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, feminine plural
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
אֵ֖ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
גְּוִיֹתֵיהֶֽנָה‪‬  their  bodies 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: גְּוִיָּה  
Sense: a body (of living creatures).

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