1) Angel in Judaism 2) Class of angel 
The ophanim or ofanim, also Ophde (Hebrew `wheels` אוֹפַנִּים ’ōphannīm; singular אוֺפָן ’ōphān) refer to the wheels seen on Ezekiel`s vision of the chariot (Hebrew merkabah) in {bibleverse||Ezekiel|1:15-21|NIV}. These are first construed as angels in one of the Dead Sea scrolls (4Q405), and as a class of celestial being......