The Meaning of Ezekiel 10:17 Explained

Ezekiel 10:17

KJV: When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

YLT: In their standing they stand, and in their exaltation they are exalted with them: for the living spirit is in them.

Darby: When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

ASV: When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When they stood,  [these] stood;  and when they were lifted up,  [these] lifted up  themselves [also]: for the spirit  of the living creature  [was] in them. 

What does Ezekiel 10:17 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 10:17 mean?

When [the cherubim] stood still [the wheels] stood still and when [one] was lifted up [the other] lifted up itself for the spirit of the living creature [was] in them
בְּעָמְדָ֣ם יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ וּבְרוֹמָ֖ם יֵר֣וֹמּוּ אוֹתָ֑ם כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ הַחַיָּ֖ה בָּהֶֽם

בְּעָמְדָ֣ם  When  [the  cherubim]  stood  still 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ  [the  wheels]  stood  still 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
וּבְרוֹמָ֖ם  and  when  [one]  was  lifted  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
יֵר֣וֹמּוּ  [the  other]  lifted  up 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָמַם  
Sense: to be exalted, be lifted up.
אוֹתָ֑ם  itself 
Parse: Direct object marker, third person masculine plural
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
ר֥וּחַ  the  spirit 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
הַחַיָּ֖ה  of  the  living  creature 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
בָּהֶֽם  [was]  in  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural

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