KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Then the spirit” | ר֔וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | Then spirit |
| “entered” | וַתָּבֹא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | entered |
| “into me, and set” | וַתַּעֲמִדֵ֖נִי | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | set |
| “me upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “my feet,” | רַגְלָ֑י | A foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda | feet |
| “and spake” | וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | spake |
| “with” | אֹתִי֙ | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “me, and said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto” | אֵלַ֔י | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “me, Go,” | בֹּ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | Go |
| “shut thyself” | הִסָּגֵ֖ר | To shut up; figuratively, to surrender | shut thyself |
| “within” | בְּת֥וֹךְ | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | within |
| “thine house.” | בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃ | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | thine house |
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22 And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
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