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# the likeness of an expansive dome
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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/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# an expansive dome
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A dome looks like a hollow ball that is cut in half. "Expansive" means very large. "a huge upside-down bowl"
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# awe-inspiring crystal
"awe-inspiring ice" or "crystal that makes people marvel when they look at it"
# stretched out over their heads above
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"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"