wheel
gal.gal denotes a wheel, chiefly a physical wheel in vehicles and visions, and once an image driven before a whirlwind.
The attested use chiefly denotes physical wheels: wheels associated with chariots and horses, a wheel at a cistern, and the wheel described in Ezekiel’s vision. Isaiah 17:13 uses it in a comparison for something driven before a whirlwind; the supplied APB wording for Psalm 77:19 and Psalm 83:14 does not make the term’s specific contribution clear.
Senses in use
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Physical wheel in equipment, vehicles, and vision · dominant
The singular absolute form occurs with a wheel at a cistern in Ecclesiastes 12:6 and with the wheel under or beside the cherub in Ezekiel 10:2 and Ezekiel 10:6. In Ezekiel 23:24 and Ezekiel 26:10 it stands alongside chariot and horse imagery; in Isaiah 5:28 and Jeremiah 47:3, plural construct forms occur in clauses about chariot wheels.
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Wheel as wind-driven comparison · occasional
In Isaiah 17:13, the singular absolute form appears in the comparison of peoples fleeing after rebuke; the APB renders the clause “like a wheel before the whirlwind.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer clauses, the APB presents the term as “wheel” or “wheels,” including chariot wheels and the wheel under the cherub. Its wording does not visibly represent the term in Psalm 77:19 or Psalm 83:14, so those verses cannot refine the rendering from the supplied translation alone.