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# wheelwork

noun

«wheelwork» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel's vision it is the name of the wheels beside the cherubim, which carry God's throne.

**Interpretation.** It is part of the Chariot vision, the Merkavah. Tradition treats it as a deep mystery, and later mystics studied it closely.

### Meaning

The wheels of a machine taken together; the whole set of wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wheelwork/#m1)

### Examples

- As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork. (Prophets EZK.10.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wheelwork/#x1)
- And it came to pass, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying: 'Take fire from between the wheelwork, from between the cherubim', that he went in, and stood beside a wheel. (Prophets EZK.10.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wheelwork/#x2)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wheelwork» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wheelwork/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wheelwork» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wheelwork.html) on Mova free.

