Ezekiel 1:20

“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.”

Ezekiel 1:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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