Ezekiel 2:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent 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 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.
• Dan 10:10 : 10 And, behold, an 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 backside, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
• Rev 10:8-9 : 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth 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 as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
• Ezek 3:1 : 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
• Dan 10:16-18 : 16 And, behold, one like the similitude 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 the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained 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 is there breath left in me. 18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
• Dan 5:5 : 5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD 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.