Ophanim

thumb|upright=1.3|A traditional depiction of the chariot vision by Matthaeus (Matthäus) Merian (1593-1650), based on the description in Ezekiel, with an ʼōp̄ān on the right side. The ophanim (in Hebrew: אוֹפַנִּים, ʼōp̄annīm, wheels; singular: Ofan, אוֹפָן, ʼōp̄ān), alternatively spelled auphanim or ofanim, and also called galgalim (גַּלְגַּלִּים, galgallīm, spheres, wheels, whirlwinds), refer to the wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot (merkabah) in Ezekiel 1:15-21 NIV. Quotes about As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went. Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. Book of Ezekiel 1:15-21 KJV. See also Cherub Seven Spirits of God External links Category:Book of Ezekiel Category:Angels