a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)אָדָם֙
ʼâdâm
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)עֲמֹ֣ד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsרַגְלֶ֔יךָ
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudendaוַאֲדַבֵּ֖ר
dâbar
and — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueאֹתָֽךְ
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
Ezekiel 2:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then He said to me, “Son of man
Narrator's Aside
The first use of "son of man" (ben adam), Ezekiel's signature form of address, used dozens of times across the rest of the book., stand on your feet and I will speak to you.”
Narrator's Aside
The first use of "son of man" (ben adam), Ezekiel's signature form of address, used dozens of times across the rest of the book.
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