Ezekiel 8:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.”
רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
מוֹשָׁב
the location of
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מוֹשָׁב
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
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שַׁעַר
the gate
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שַׁעַר
Gate, entrance, city gate. Shaar. Enter His gates with thanksgiving. Come to God ready to engage not just observe.
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רֹאשׁ
head/ my
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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יָד
a hand
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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צָפוֹן
north/ -ward
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צָפוֹן
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
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שָׁם
was there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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פֶּתַח
the opening of
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פֶּתַח
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem/ towards
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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תַּבְנִית
the form of
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תַּבְנִית
structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
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סֶמֶל
the idol of
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סֶמֶל
a likeness
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