The Meaning of Ezekiel 1:25 Explained

Ezekiel 1:25

KJV: And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

YLT: And there is a voice from above the expanse, that is above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.

Darby: and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.

ASV: And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there was a voice  from the firmament  that [was] over their heads,  when they stood,  [and] had let down  their wings. 

What does Ezekiel 1:25 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Ezekiel also heard a voice coming from above the expanse over the creatures. It was evidently the voice of God (cf. Job 37:4-5; Job 40:9; Psalm 18:13; Psalm 104:7).

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 1:25 mean?

And came a voice upon from above the firmament that [was] over their heads whenever they stood they let down their wings
וַיְהִי־ ק֕וֹל מֵעַ֕ל לָרָקִ֖יעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־ רֹאשָׁ֑ם בְּעָמְדָ֖ם תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה כַנְפֵיהֶֽן

וַיְהִי־  And  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
ק֕וֹל  a  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
מֵעַ֕ל  upon 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לָרָקִ֖יעַ  from  above  the  firmament 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רָקִיעַ  
Sense: extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
רֹאשָׁ֑ם  their  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בְּעָמְדָ֖ם  whenever  they  stood 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה  they  let  down 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: רָפָה  
Sense: to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened.
כַנְפֵיהֶֽן  their  wings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.

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