The Meaning of Ezekiel 10:9 Explained

Ezekiel 10:9

KJV: And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.

YLT: and I look, and lo, four wheels near the cherubs, one wheel near the one cherub, and another wheel near the other cherub, and the appearance of the wheels is as the colour of a beryl stone.

Darby: And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone.

ASV: And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like unto a beryl stone.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when I looked,  behold the four  wheels  by  the cherubims,  one  wheel  by  one  cherub,  and another  wheel  by  another  cherub:  and the appearance  of the wheels  [was] as the colour  of a beryl  stone. 

What does Ezekiel 10:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 10

1  The vision of the coals of fire, to be scattered over the city
8  The vision of the cherubim

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 10:9 mean?

And when I looked and there were four wheels by the cherubim wheel one cherub and wheel cherub one and appeared [to have] the wheels the color of a stone beryl
וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה אוֹפַנִּים֮ אֵ֣צֶל הַכְּרוּבִים֒ אוֹפַ֣ן אֶחָ֗ד הַכְּר֣וּב וְאוֹפַ֣ן הַכְּר֣וּב אֶחָ֑ד וּמַרְאֵה֙ הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔ים כְּעֵ֖ין אֶ֥בֶן תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה  And  when  I  looked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וְהִנֵּ֨ה  and  there  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אַרְבָּעָ֣ה  four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
אוֹפַנִּים֮  wheels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֹופַן  
Sense: wheel.
הַכְּרוּבִים֒  the  cherubim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
אוֹפַ֣ן  wheel 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹופַן  
Sense: wheel.
אֶחָ֗ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
הַכְּר֣וּב  cherub 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
וְאוֹפַ֣ן  and  wheel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹופַן  
Sense: wheel.
הַכְּר֣וּב  cherub 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
אֶחָ֑ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וּמַרְאֵה֙  and  appeared  [to  have] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַרְאֶה  
Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔ים  the  wheels 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֹופַן  
Sense: wheel.
כְּעֵ֖ין  the  color 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, common singular construct
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
אֶ֥בֶן  of  a  stone 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ  beryl 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ  
Sense: a precious stone or semi-precious gem.

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