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# General Information:

The "figure like a man" ([Ezekiel 8:2](../08/02.md)) speaks to Ezekiel.

# Son of man

"Son of a human being" or "Son of humanity." God calls Ezekiel this to emphasize that Ezekiel is only a human being. God is eternal and powerful, but humans are not. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 2:1](../02/01.md). Alternate translation: "Mortal person" or "Human" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# lift up your eyes ... lifted up my eyes

This idiom means that he should look towards something. Alternate translation: "look up ... looked up" or "turn your head and look ... turned my head and looked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# gate leading to the altar

"gate through which people would walk so they could go to the altar"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
fix all singlr verse links 2018-02-17 03:20:53 +00:00			`The "figure like a man" ([Ezekiel 8:2](../08/02.md)) speaks to Ezekiel.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Son of man`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"Son of a human being" or "Son of humanity." God calls Ezekiel this to emphasize that Ezekiel is only a human being. God is eternal and powerful, but humans are not. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 2:1](../02/01.md). Alternate translation: "Mortal person" or "Human" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# lift up your eyes ... lifted up my eyes`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This idiom means that he should look towards something. Alternate translation: "look up ... looked up" or "turn your head and look ... turned my head and looked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# gate leading to the altar`

			`"gate through which people would walk so they could go to the altar"`