Ezekiel 1:21

“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.”

Ezekiel 1:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and when they stood stillעָמְדָamda

stop

To halt, cease doing something.

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and when they roseהִנָּשְׂאָhinasa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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the earthאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

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the wheelsאוֹפַנִּיםofanim

wheel

Wheel.

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alongside themעֻמָּתָumata

alongside, close to

Beside, along with, close to.

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the spiritרוּחַruach

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

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of the living creatureחַיָּהchaya

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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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.

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