wheel
part of speech
noun (wheel, wheels); verb (wheel, wheels, wheeled, wheeling)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wheel is a round thing that turns on a rod so a car, bike or cart can move. tree →
2) A steering wheel is the wheel a driver turns. tree →
3) To wheel something is to push it along on wheels. tree →
4) A wheel is also any turning round part, like a Ferris wheel or a water wheel. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Egypt's chariot wheels came off at the sea, so the army could not escape. Sisera's mother waits for the wheels of his chariot, and a wise king "turns the wheel" over the wicked, a picture of a ruler who threshes out evil. In Ezekiel's vision of the divine chariot the wheels are called "the wheelwork" (galgal). In Sefer Yetzirah the Wheel is one of the three "leaders" (Teli, Galgal, Lev). Interpretation: The tradition reads the Egyptians' jammed wheels as God Himself fighting for Israel. Readers of Sefer Yetzirah take the Wheel as the turning sphere of the heavens or the year, with the Dragon and the Heart as the other two rulers of the world, the year and the person. The wheels of Ezekiel's vision are read as part of the heavenly chariot, which later Jewish mystics studied. In the primary lessons: In school maths: wheels counted per vehicle (bicycle 2, tricycle 3, car 4); wheel puzzles; turns of a wheel and distance. In science: the wheel and axle is a simple machine; the wheel is one of the oldest inventions. In everyday life: a flat tyre on a wheel, a wheelchair, a Ferris wheel. Phrases: «behind the wheel» (driving), «on wheels», «reinvent the wheel».
examples
- And He took off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.' (Torah EXO.14.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- An edict—Twelve [another version: Ten] and Seven and Three He appointed them: the Dragon Teli, and the Wheel, and the Heart. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Why tarry the wheels of his chariots? (Prophets JDG.5.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them. (Writings PRO.20.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork. (Prophets EZK.10.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- A car has 4 wheels. tree →
- There are 5 bikes and 2 cars. How many wheels? tree →
- A tricycle has 3 wheels. tree →
- The wheel turns 10 times a minute. tree →
- She wheeled her bike into the shed. tree →
- Mum is behind the wheel today. tree →
- We rode the big wheel at the fair. tree →
- The invention of the wheel changed how people moved goods. tree →
note
Countable: «a wheel», «wheels». Maths: a bicycle has 2 wheels, a tricycle has 3 wheels, a car has 4 wheels. Wheels per vehicle hide a rate; multiply and add. Trap: the problem may not say how many wheels each has — you must know it.
In the corpora
- Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
- Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was at his work on the wheels.
- And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.
- As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork.
- Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wheel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.