The Chayot or Hayyoth (Hebrew חַיּוֹת "living beings") are a class of Merkabah, or Jewish Mystical Angels, on the same level as the Christian cherubim, and residing in the seventh heaven. They are considered angels of fire, who hold up the throne of God and the earth itself. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... Merkabah (מרכבה, literally: chariot) is the term used to describe the earliest form of Jewish mysticism, usually Merkabah mysticism in English. ... The Annunciation - the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus (El Greco, 1575) An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God. ... A cherub (Hebrew כרוב; plural cherubim, כרובים) is an angelic creature mentioned several times in the Tanakh, or Old Testament, and in the Book of Revelation. ...

According to Ezekiel, the Hayyoth were seen by the river Chebar, numbering 36. They are also said to break into song whenever they spread their wings. It is said that holy essence passes through the Hayyoth on its journey to earth. Ezekiel the Prophet of the Hebrew Scriptures is depicted on a 1510 Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo. ...