Ezekiel 37:8
Context37:8 As I watched, I saw 1 tendons on them, then muscles appeared, 2 and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath 3 in them.
Ezekiel 37:6
Context37:6 I will put tendons 4 on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath 5 in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn Heb “came up.”
3 tn Or “spirit.”
4 tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.
5 tn Or “a spirit.”