Whereverעַל אֲשֶׁר שָּׁםthe spiritהָרוּחַwouldיִהְיֶהgo,לָלֶכֶתthey went,יֵלֵכוּthereשָׁמָּהthe spiritהָרוּחַwas to go;לָלֶכֶתand the wheelsוְהָאוֹפַנִּיםroseיִנָּשְׂאוּalongside them,לְעֻמָּתָםforכִּיthe spiritרוּחַof the living creatureהַחַיָּהwas in the wheels.בָּאוֹפַנִּים
Ezekiel 1:20
Study it in the app“Wherever the spirit would go, they went, there the spirit was to go; and the wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:20, word by word
- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- wouldיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- and the wheelsאוֹפַנִּיםofanim
wheel
Wheel.
Where else “ofanim” appears- roseיִנָּשְׂאוּyinasu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yinasu” appears- alongside themעֻמָּתָumata
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umata” appears- of the living creatureחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears
The context
19And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose.
20 · This verse (above)
21When they went, they went; and when they stood still, they stood still; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.