10:9 As I watched, I noticed 1 four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; 2 the wheels gleamed like jasper. 3
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn The MT repeats this phrase, a clear case of dittography.
3 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), and “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).
4 tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”
5 tn Heb “torches of fire.”
6 tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).