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When they went,בְּלֶכְתָּםthey wentיֵלֵכוּtowardעַלany of their fourאַרְבַּעַת הֶןsides;רִבְעֵיthey did notלֹאturnיִסַּבּוּas they went.בְּלֶכְתָּן
Ezekiel 1:17
Study it in the app“When they went, they went toward any of their four sides; they did not turn as they went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:17, word by word
- When they wentלֶכְתָּlechta
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechta” appears- any of their fourאַרְבַּעַתarbaat
four
Four.
Where else “arbaat” appears- sidesרִבְעֵיrive
side
Each of the sides of something that has four.
Where else “rive” appears- turnיִסַּבּוּyisabu
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yisabu” appears
The context
16The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like the gleam of chrysolite, and the four of them had one likeness, and their appearance and their workmanship were as if a wheel were within a wheel.
17 · This verse (above)
18And their rims had height and were fearsome; and their rims were full of eyes all around in the four of them.