When they went,בְּלֶכְתָּםthey went;יֵלֵכוּand when they stood still,וּבְעָמְדָםthey stood still;יַעֲמֹדוּand when they roseוּבְהִנָּשְׂאָםfromמֵעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץthe wheelsהָאוֹפַנִּיםroseיִנָּשְׂאוּalongside them,לְעֻמָּתָםforכִּיthe spiritרוּחַof the living creatureהַחַיָּהwas in the wheels.בָּאוֹפַנִּים
Ezekiel 1:21
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:21, 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- and when they stood stillעָמְדָamda
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “amda” appears- and when they roseהִנָּשְׂאָhinasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “hinasa” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- the wheelsאוֹפַנִּיםofanim
wheel
Wheel.
Where else “ofanim” appears- alongside themעֻמָּתָumata
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umata” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of the living creatureחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears
The context
20Wherever 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22And over the heads of the living creature there was the likeness of a vault, like the gleam of fearsome frost, spread out over their heads above.