What Does Ezekiel 40:4 Mean?

“said”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

near, with or among; often in general, to

“And the man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“unto me Son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

“all that thou seest”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“with thine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“with thine ears”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

“and hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“and set”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

“thine heart”

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

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“all that thou seest”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“thee for to the intent”

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“all that thou seest”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“them unto thee art thou brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

hither or thither (but used both of place and time)

“hither declare”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“all that thou seest”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“to the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity