The Meaning of Ezekiel 1:19 Explained

Ezekiel 1:19

KJV: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

YLT: And in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels.

Darby: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

ASV: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Ezekiel 1:19?

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What is the context of Ezekiel 1:19?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

What does Ezekiel 1:19 Mean?

Verse Meaning

There was some coordination between the living beings and these wheels because whenever one of the living creatures moved, its corresponding wheel moved with it. The creatures and wheels could move vertically above the ground as well as horizontally along the ground.

Context Summary

Ezekiel 1:1-21 - A Vision Of God's Majesty

A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four living creatures became visible, combining, under various figures, intelligence, strength, patience, and soaring aspiration. The wheels were evidently symbolical of the cycles of divine providence, which cooperate with the ministers of the divine will. The slab of blue expanse supported a human semblance, suggestive of that great after-event-God manifest in the flesh. The whole conception impresses us with the reality, order, majesty, and humanness, of the Eternal God. Those holy beings surely represent the intelligent company of innumerable angels and servants, while the wheels represent the material creation. All these are sent forth to minister to the heirs of salvation. Angels and nature minister to us, if we are in union with God. All things serve the servants of the Most High. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 1

¹ The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar
⁴ His vision of four cherubim;
¹⁵ of the four wheels;
²⁶ and of the glory of God

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 1:19 mean?

And when went the living creatures went the wheels beside them and when were lifted up the living creatures from the earth were lifted up the wheels

וּבְלֶ֙כֶת֙ הַֽחַיּ֔וֹת יֵלְכ֥וּ הָאוֹפַנִּ֖ים אֶצְלָ֑ם וּבְהִנָּשֵׂ֤א הַֽחַיּוֹת֙ מֵעַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ יִנָּשְׂא֖וּ הָאוֹפַנִּֽים

וּבְלֶ֙כֶת֙	And when went
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
הַֽחַיּ֔וֹת	the living creatures
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: חַי Sense: living, alive.
יֵלְכ֥וּ	went
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
הָאוֹפַנִּ֖ים	the wheels
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֹופַן Sense: wheel.
אֶצְלָ֑ם	beside them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: אֵצֶל Sense: beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity subst.
וּבְהִנָּשֵׂ֤א	and when were lifted up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
הַֽחַיּוֹת֙	the living creatures
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: חַי Sense: living, alive.
הָאָ֔רֶץ	the earth
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
יִנָּשְׂא֖וּ	were lifted up
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
הָאוֹפַנִּֽים	the wheels
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֹופַן Sense: wheel.

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