A . 4 Ophanim (Rolling Wheels)
Ophanims are called rolling wheels
Ezekiel 10:13, LBP (Lamsa)
“And as for the wheels, he called them Rolling Wheels, in my presence.“
Ezekiel 10:13
“Tungkol sa mga gulong, tinawag sila sa aking pandinig, “ang umiikot na mga gulong.“
Ezekiel 10:13 – KJV with Strong’s
Concordance
“As for the wheels 212, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel 1534.(it was…: or, they were called in my hearing, wheel, or, galgal“
H212 – o-fawn’
In Strong’s Concordance wheels is referenced as H212, and the Word used for it OTE@ pronounced as o-fawn’ (shortened as pophan) (it is from an unused root meaning to revolve; a wheel:–wheel.) In Greek Strong it is coded as G5164 which means 1) wheel ((((((1a) chariot wheel, 1b) wheel in Ezekiel’s vision, 1c) wheels of the ten bases beneath the lavers in Solomon’s temple))))
H1534 – gal-gal’
Another meaning of wheel in Strong’s concordance is H1534 or LBLB pronounced as gal-gal. It means a wheel (by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled):–heaven, rolling thing, wheel. H1556). In Grk Strong Concordance, its code is G5164 which means 1) wheel, whirl, whirlwind, whirling
B. Ophanim and the Cherubims
Ophanims and the living creature or cherubims
In Ezekiel 1 were going to see that Ophanims are with living creatures, but we’ll discover in Ezekiel 10 that instead of using living creatures the word cherubs has been used, and described to be with the ophanims.
Ezekiel 10:12, LBP (Lamsa)
And their whole body and their backs and their hands and their wings and the wheels were full of eyes when they turned on their sides.
Ezekiel 10:19 LBP (Lamsa)
And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight; when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
a. One ophanim per living creature
Ezekiel 1:15, LBP (Lamsa)
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold wheels were upon the earth by the side of each of the four living creatures.
Ezekiel 10:9, LBP (Lamsa)
₉ And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the color of beryl stone.
b. Placed under the cherub or beside it
Ezekiel 10:2, LBP (Lamsa)
“And the voice spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherubim; and fill your hand with the coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in my sight.”
Ezekiel 10:2, KJV with Strong’s Concordance
“And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels 1534, [even] under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in my sight.” (thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand) (galgal)
Ezekiel 10:9, LBP (Lamsa)
And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the color of beryl stone.
c. Moves simultaneously in the same direction
When the living creature/ cherubims walks, the wheels are moving beside them, and when they goes up, the ophanims also goes up.
Ezekiel 10:16, LBP (Lamsa)
“And when the cherubim went, the wheels also went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also turned not from beside them.“
Ezekiel 1:19-20, LBP (Lamsa)
“₁₉ And when the living creatures went, the wheels went with them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the ground, the wheels were lifted up with them.
₂₀ Wheresoever the spirit was to go, they went, and the wheels were lifted up with them; for there was a living spirit in the wheels.“
d. Ophanim does what the living creature does, whether it walks, stops or stands from the ground.
Ezekiel 1:21, LBP (Lamsa)
“When the living creatures went, the wheels went; and when the creatures stood, they stood also; and when they were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up with them; for there was a living spirit in the wheels.”
Ezekiel 10:17, LBP (Lamsa)
“When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these were lifted up also; when the cherubim lifted their wings, the wheels also lifted up with them; for the spirit of life was in them.”
e. The spirit of the living creature is in the Ophanim
Ezekiel 1:20-21, LBP (Lamsa)
₂₀”Wheresoever the spirit was to go, they went, and the wheels were lifted up with them; for there was a living spirit in the wheels.
₂₁ When the living creatures went, the wheels went; and when the creatures stood, they stood also; and when they were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up with them; for there was a living spirit in the wheels.“
C. Ophanim Look
1. Like illuminating beryl
Ezekiel 1:16, LBP (Lamsa)
“The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the colour of a beryl; and they four had the one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.”
Ezekiel 10:9, LBP (Lamsa)
“And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the color of beryl stone.”
2. Looks similarly
Ezekiel 1:16, LBP (Lamsa)
“The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the colour of a beryl; and they four had the one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.”
Ezekiel 10:10, LBP (Lamsa)
“And as for their appearance and the form, the four of them were alike, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.”
3. Wheels within wheels
Ezekiel 1:16, LBP (Lamsa)
“The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the colour of a beryl; and they four had the one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.”
Ezekiel 10:10, LBP (Lamsa)
“And as for their appearance and the form, the four of them were alike, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.”
D. Movement
1. Walks in any four direction
Ezekiel 1:17, LBP (Lamsa)
“When they went, they went upon four sides; and they turned not when they went; and wherever the first one turned to go, the other went after it, and turned not.”
Ezekiel 10:11, LBP (Lamsa)
“When they went, they went upon four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the first one went they followed it, they turned not as they went.”
2. Moves or walks without looking
Ezekiel 1:17, LBP (Lamsa)
“When they went, they went upon four sides; and they turned not when they went; and wherever the first one turned to go, the other went after it, and turned not.“
Ezekiel 10:11, LBP (Lamsa)
“When they went, they went upon four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the first one went they followed it, they turned not as they went.“
E. Parts of Ophanim
1. They have rims that are tall and scary to look at.
Their rims are big, Ezekiel can even go inside of it.
Ezekiel 1:18, LBP (Lamsa)
“As for their rims, they were high and they could see; for the rims were full of eyes round about them four.“
Ezekiel 10:2, LBP (Lamsa)
“And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels 1534, [even] under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in in my sight.” (thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand) (galgal)
2. Their rims have eyes around it
Ezekiel 1:18, LBP (Lamsa)
“As for their rims, they were high and they could see; for the rims were full of eyes round about them four.“
Ezekiel 10:12, LBP (Lamsa)
“And their whole body and their backs and their hands and their wings and the wheels were full of eyes when they turned on their sides.“
3. There’s a fire between ophanims
Ezekiel 10:6, LBP (Lamsa)
“And it came to pass, when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; he went in and stood beside the wheels.“
Ezekiel 10:6, KJV with Strong’s Concordance
“And it came to pass, [that] when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels 1534, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels 212.“
Watch:
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just a reminder though that the bible did not say that there’s an eye at the center of it’s rim. It stated that there’s spirit. Fires are also linked to ophanims.)
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