# the likeness of an expansive dome

Here the abstract noun "likeness" means that what Ezekiel saw looked like "an expansive dome." The word can be translated with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: "what looked like an expansive dome" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])

# an expansive dome

A dome looks like a hollow ball that is cut in half. "Expansive" means very large. "a huge upside-down bowl"

# awe-inspiring crystal

"awe-inspiring ice" or "crystal that makes people marvel when they look at it"

# stretched out over their heads above

"and the expansive dome was spread out above the heads of the creatures" or "and the expansive dome took up a lot of space over the heads of the creatures"