Ezekiel 10:9

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
looked	וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה va.'er.'Eh	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
four	אַרְבָּעָ֣ה 'ar.ba.'Ah	H702	four · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
wheels	אוֹפַנִּים֮ 'o.fa.Nim	H212	a wheel · noun, common masculine plural absolute
by	אֵ֣צֶל 'E.tzel	H681	a side · noun, common both genders singular construct
cherubims	הַכְּרוּבִים֒ ha.ke.ru.Vim	H3742	a cherub or imaginary figure · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
one	אֶחָ֗ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
wheel	אוֹפַ֣ן 'o.Fan	H212	a wheel · noun, common masculine singular absolute
by	אֵ֚צֶל 'E.tzel	H681	a side · noun, common both genders singular construct
one	אֶחָ֔ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
cherub	הַכְּר֣וּב ha.ke.Ruv	H3742	a cherub or imaginary figure · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
another	אֶחָ֔ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
wheel	וְאוֹפַ֣ן ve.'o.Fan	H212	a wheel · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
by	אֵ֖צֶל 'E.tzel	H681	a side · noun, common both genders singular construct
another	אֶחָ֑ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
cherub	הַכְּר֣וּב ha.ke.Ruv	H3742	a cherub or imaginary figure · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
appearance	וּמַרְאֵה֙ u.mar.'Eh	H4758	a view (the act of seeing) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
wheels	הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔ים ha.'o.fa.Nim	H212	a wheel · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
colour	כְּעֵ֖ין ke.'Ein	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
beryl	תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ tar.Shish	H8658	a gem · noun, common masculine singular absolute
stone	אֶ֥בֶן 'E.ven	H68	a stone · noun, common feminine singular construct

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 1:15-17 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
Daniel 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like…
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the elev…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:8–end

We have here a further account of the vision of God's glory which Ezekiel saw, here intended to introduce that direful omen of the departure of that glory from them, which would open the door for ruin to break in. I. Ezekiel sees the glory of God shining in the sanctuary, as he had seen it by the river of Chebar, and gives an account of it, that those who had by their wickedness provoked God to depart from them might know what they had lost and might lament after the Lord, groaning out their Ichabod, Where is the glory? Ezekiel here sees the operations of divine Providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it, represented by the four wheels; and the perfections of the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 10:9

wheels--(See on Eze 1:15-16). The things which, from Eze 10:8 to the end of the chapter, are repeated from the first chapter are expressed more decidedly, now that he gets a nearer view: the words "as it were," and "as if," so often occurring in the first chapter, are therefore mostly omitted. The "wheels" express the manifold changes and revolutions in the world; also that in the chariot of His providence God transports the Church from one place to another and everywhere can preserve it; a truth calculated to alarm the people in Jerusalem and to console the exiles [POLANUS].

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 10:9

The color of a beryl stone - אבן תרשיש eben Tarshish, "the stone of Tarshish." The Vulgate translates it chrysolith; Symmachus, the jacinct; the Septuagint, the carbuncle. In the parallel place, Eze 1:16, it is כעין תרשיש keeyn Tarshish, "like the eye of Tarshish;" i.e., the color of tarshish, or the stone so called, which the Vulgate translates visio maris, "like the sea," i.e., azure. The beryl is a gem of a green color, passing from one side into blue, on the other side into yellow. The chrysolith is also green, what is called pistachio green; but the chrysolith of the ancients was our topaz, which is of a fine wine yellow. The beryl, or chrysolith, is most likely what is here meant by ta…

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Dictionary and topics

Beryl · A precious stone — A precious stone
Cherubim · Engaged in accomplishing the purposes of God — Engaged in accomplishing the purposes of God
Wheel · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 10:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 10:9

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 10:9

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 10:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 10:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 10:9

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 10:9

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 10:9

John Calvin on Ezekiel 10:9

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 10:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 10:3-22

Rashi on Ezekiel 10:9