Ezekiel 2:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶרְאֶ֕ה וְהִנֵּה־יָ֖ד שְׁלוּחָ֣ה אֵלָ֑י וְהִנֵּה־ב֖וֹ מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר׃

Transliteration

And wā-ʾerʾeh and behold yād šəlûḥâ unto me, and behold in it məgillat-sēper

Grammar Details

• *wā-ʾerʾeh*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I saw
• *yād*: noun feminine singular - hand
• *šəlûḥâ*: Qal passive participle, feminine singular - sent out/extended
• *məgillat-sēper*: noun feminine singular construct + noun masculine singular - scroll of book/writing

Word Meanings

• *məgillat-sēper*: scroll of a book/written scroll/roll of writing

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 8:3 : 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner [court] that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
• Dan 10:10 : 10 And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
• Rev 5:1-5 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open {G2532} {G314} the book, or to look thereon: 5 and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and {G3089} the seven seals thereof.
• Rev 10:8-9 : 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter. 11 And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
• Ezek 3:1 : 1 And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.
• Dan 10:16-18 : 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me. 18 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.
• Dan 5:5 : 5 In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Jer 1:9 : 9 Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.