Ezekiel 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;

📖 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 out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the wind, lifting me up between the earth and the heaven, took me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the way into the inner door facing to the north; where was the seat of the image of envy.
• Dan 10:10 : 10 Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands.
• Rev 5:1-5 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax. 2 And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps? 3 And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it. 4 And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it. 5 And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.
• Rev 10:8-9 : 8 And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth. 9 And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter. 11 And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.
• Ezek 3:1 : 1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
• Dan 10:16-18 : 16 Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength. 17 For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body. 18 Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me and gave me strength. And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear: peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up. And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on, for you have given me strength.
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book).
• Dan 5:5 : 5 In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.
• Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.