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43 lines
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# behold
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Ezekiel was surprised by what he saw
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# wheels
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See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 1:15](../01/15.md).
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# cherubim
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See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 9:3](../09/03.md).
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# cherub
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This is the singular form of "cherubim."
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# the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone
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The abstract noun "appearance" can be translated as a verb. AT: "the wheels appeared to be like a beryl stone" or "what appeared to be wheels were like a beryl stone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# beryl stone
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"Beryl" here is a very hard, valuable stone. This beryl was probably green or blue. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# Their appearance was the same likeness for all four of them
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The abstract noun "appearance" can be translated as a verb. The abstract noun "likeness" can be translated as an adjective. AT: "All four of them appeared to be similar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# a wheel intersecting another wheel
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The word "intersecting" means "crossing" or "passing through."
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# they went in any of their four directions
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Possible meanings are 1) "their" refers to the creatures. AT: "they would go straight in any one of the four directions that the creatures looked towards" or 2) "their" refers to the wheels.
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# whatever direction the head faced, they followed
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Possible meanings for "the head" are 1) this refers to the winged creatures. AT: "they went in whatever direction the winged creatures were looking" or 2) this refers to the front wheel. AT: "they followed in whatever direction the front wheel went"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face]] |