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ʾōfān אוֹפָן ‘wheel’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to revolve

ʾōfān n, m
1) wheel
 1a) chariot wheel
 1b) wheel in Ezekiel's vision
 1c) wheels of the ten bases beneath the lavers in Solomon's temple

Mentioned in Exodus 14:25 1 Kings 7:30, 7:32, 7:33 Isaiah 28:27 Ezekiel 10:9, 1:15, 1:16, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 3:13, 10:6, 10:10, 10:12, 10:13, 10:16, 10:19, 11:22 Nahum 3:2 Proverbs 20:26

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