H1536 H1536
wheel (of a cart or threshing sledge)
This Hebrew term denotes the wheel of agricultural equipment, appearing in Isaiah's farming metaphor. The prophet uses the cart-wheel to illustrate God's measured approach to discipline—threshing grain requires skill, not brute force. Though the English gloss 'drives' reflects a verb, the underlying Hebrew refers to the wheel itself, crucial to the agricultural imagery.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Isaiah 28:28 employs this wheel in a parable about divine wisdom: God doesn't crush His people like grain under endless pressure. The wheel's controlled, purposeful motion represents calibrated judgment. The agricultural context connects to ancient Near Eastern threshing practices, where wheels separated chaff from grain without destroying the kernel. 1×
AR["دُولَابَ"]·ben["চাকা"]·DE["[גלגל]"]·EN["and-he-drives"]·FR["[גלגל]"]·heb["גלגל"]·HI["पहिया"]·ID["roda"]·IT["[גלגל]"]·jav["rodha"]·KO["바퀴를"]·PT["roda-de"]·RU["колесо"]·ES["la-rueda-de"]·SW["gurudumu"]·TR["tekerlegi"]·urd["پہیہ"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [גִּלְגָּל] n.[m.] wheel (on format. cf. BaNB 204) of cart, גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתוֹ Is 28:28.