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Ezekiel 10:16

“And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָלַךְyâlak · yaw-lak'
H3212 · Hebrew

Definition: to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ));
KJV renderings: [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
בְ — preposition
לֶ֨כֶת֙ — verb Qal, infinitive construct
Code HC/R/Vqc
Usage: Occurs 1,044 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:14 Genesis 7:18 Genesis 9:23 Genesis 11:31 Genesis 12:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָלַךְ here.

Verse 15 Verse 17

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.