Wheel

The wheel was a ring or round disk with a rod (the axle) running through its center or hub. Wheels were made of wood and sometimes partly of metal. They could be a solid piece of wood (see the illustrations at Cart, wagon) or a central hub connected by several spokes to an outer rim. The axle normally extended from one side of the vehicle to the other side, with a wheel attached to each end of the axle.

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The “wheels” mentioned in EZK 1:15; EZK 1:16; EZK 1:17; EZK 1:18; EZK 1:19; EZK 1:20; EZK 1:21 and EZK 10:6; EZK 10:7; EZK 10:8; EZK 10:9; EZK 10:10; EZK 10:11; EZK 10:12; EZK 10:13; EZK 10:14; EZK 10:15; EZK 10:16; EZK 10:17; EZK 10:18; EZK 10:19 may not refer to devices on which a vehicle rolls. These “wheels” may be understood as some sort of spinning disks, for which a language may have a separate word. Jewish tradition interprets this image as a vehicle on which the LORD is seated, and these are the wheels of the vehicle.

While most languages will have a word for “axle,” NAB renders SIR 33:5 accurately without reference to this piece on which the wheel turns: “Like the wheel of a cart is the mind of a fool; his thoughts revolve in circles.”