The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
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מַרְאֵ֨הmarehvisionמַרְאֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.הָאוֹפַנִּ֤יםhaofanimthe wheelאוֹפָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the wheel”, the ordinary formH212a wheelwheel.וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙umaaseyhemand businessמַעֲשֶׂהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.כְּעֵ֣יןkeeynas eye , , -sightעַיִןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “as eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁtarshishberylתַּרְשִׁישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “beryl”, the ordinary formH8658a gem, perhaps the topazberyl.וּדְמ֥וּתudemutand likeדְּמוּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and like”, the ordinary formH1823resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, likefashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.אֶחָ֖דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ןlearbatanto fourאַרְבַּעpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “to four”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH702fourfour.וּמַרְאֵיהֶם֙umareyhemand visionמַרְאֶהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.וּמַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔םumaaseyhemand businessמַעֲשֶׂהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…יִהְיֶ֥הyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הָאוֹפַ֖ןhaofanthe wheelאוֹפָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the wheel”, the ordinary formH212a wheelwheel.בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).הָאוֹפָֽןhaofanthe wheelאוֹפָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the wheel”, the ordinary formH212a wheelwheel.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
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American Standard Version (1901)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
Young’s Literal Translation
The appearance of the wheels and their works [is] as the colour of beryl, and one likeness [is] to them four, and their appearances and their works [are] as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
World English Bible
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
Darby Translation
The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Douay-Rheims
And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of beryl: and the four had one likeness: and their work was as it were a wheel in a wheel.
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