What Does Ezekiel 2:9 Mean in the King James?
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word reaches you already borne by an outward-sent hand, before it becomes yours to carry.
THE MEANING
You meet a word that arrives through an extended hand: it is already being carried toward you. Its message stands before you as something tangible, received before it travels farther.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that a meaningful word must begin as something you produce is undone here: the message is first sent toward you.
THE ROOT
שְׁלוּחָה
sheluchah
GROWS FROM
שלח
shalach
To send out, release, or extend.
The hand is described with a form of שְׁלוּחָה (sheluchah, “sent” or “extended”), from שָׁלַח (shalach, “send out, release, extend”). The same root gives “messenger,” so the image makes the message’s arrival visible: it comes carried toward you.
ALSO GROWS
shaliach: Messenger; one sent.
שָׁלִיחַ
The hand arrives like a messenger, carrying the scroll toward you.
Shiloach: Sent forth; the name of the waters of Shiloah.
שִׁלֹחַ
The name preserves the same outward motion: something sent forth reaches its destination.
THE PATTERN
A word is received as something embodied before it is carried onward.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.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.THE THREAD
For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.The word translated “send” and the word describing the hand as “sent” share שָׁלַח (shalach, “send out, release, extend”). Both directions meet in the same root: you are sent toward them, while a hand bearing the scroll is sent toward you.
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