diff --git a/tests/test_tsellm.py b/tests/test_tsellm.py
index 3f0e39b..e2ded0c 100644
--- a/tests/test_tsellm.py
+++ b/tests/test_tsellm.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 from test.support import captured_stdout, captured_stderr, captured_stdin
-from test.support.os_helper import TESTFN, unlink
 
 import duckdb
 import llm.cli
@@ -225,6 +224,40 @@ def test_embed_hazo_binary(self):
         self.assertTrue(llm.get_embedding_model("hazo").supports_binary)
         self.expect_success(*self.path_args, "select embed(randomblob(16), 'hazo')")
 
+    def test_embed_json_recursive(self):
+        example_json = """{
+            \"name\": \"Alice\",
+            \"details\": {
+                \"age\": 30,
+                \"hobbies\": [\"reading\", \"cycling\"],
+                \"location\": \"Wonderland\"
+            },
+            \"greeting\": \"Hello, World!\"
+        }"""
+        out = self.expect_success(
+            *self.path_args,
+            f"select json_extract('{example_json}', '$.name')",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "('Alice',)\n",
+            out,
+        )
+
+        out = self.expect_success(
+            *self.path_args,
+            f"select json_embed('{example_json}', 'hazo')",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ('(\'{"name": [5.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, '
+             '0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], "details": {"age": 30, "hobbies": [[7.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, '
+             '0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [7.0, 0.0, 0.0, '
+             '0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]], '
+             '"location": [10.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, '
+             '0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]}, "greeting": [6.0, 6.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, '
+             "0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]}',)\n"),
+            out,
+        )
+
     def test_embed_default_hazo(self):
         self.assertEqual(llm_cli.get_default_embedding_model(), "hazo")
         out = self.expect_success(*self.path_args, "select embed('hello world')")
diff --git a/tsellm/cli.py b/tsellm/cli.py
index 80707d0..30e1f69 100644
--- a/tsellm/cli.py
+++ b/tsellm/cli.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     _prompt_model,
     _prompt_model_default,
     _embed_model,
+    _json_embed_model,
     _embed_model_default,
 )
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class TsellmConsole(InteractiveConsole, ABC):
         ("prompt", 1, _prompt_model_default, False),
         ("embed", 2, _embed_model, False),
         ("embed", 1, _embed_model_default, False),
+        ("json_embed", 2, _json_embed_model, False),
     ]
 
     error_class = None
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ class TsellmConsole(InteractiveConsole, ABC):
 
     @staticmethod
     def create_console(
-            fp: Union[str, Path], in_memory_type: DatabaseType = DatabaseType.UNKNOWN
+        fp: Union[str, Path], in_memory_type: DatabaseType = DatabaseType.UNKNOWN
     ):
         sniffer = DBSniffer(fp)
         if sniffer.is_in_memory:
diff --git a/tsellm/core.py b/tsellm/core.py
index 5f87e1f..054aff2 100644
--- a/tsellm/core.py
+++ b/tsellm/core.py
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
 """
 
 
+
+def json_recurse_apply(json_obj, f):
+    if isinstance(json_obj, dict):
+        # Recursively apply the function to dictionary values
+        return {k: json_recurse_apply(v, f) for k, v in json_obj.items()}
+    elif isinstance(json_obj, list):
+        # Recursively apply the function to list elements
+        return [json_recurse_apply(item, f) for item in json_obj]
+    elif isinstance(json_obj, str):
+        # Apply the function to string values, which returns a list of floats
+        return f(json_obj)
+    else:
+        # Return the object as is if it's neither a dictionary, list, or string
+        return json_obj
+
 def _prompt_model(prompt: str, model: str) -> str:
     return llm.get_model(model).prompt(prompt).text()
 
@@ -26,6 +41,12 @@ def _embed_model(text: str, model: str) -> str:
     return json.dumps(llm.get_embedding_model(model).embed(text))
 
 
+def _json_embed_model(js: str, model: str) -> str:
+    return json.dumps(
+        json_recurse_apply(json.loads(js), lambda v: json.loads(_embed_model(v, model)))
+    )
+
+
 def _embed_model_default(text: str) -> str:
     return json.dumps(
         llm.get_embedding_model(llm_cli.get_default_embedding_model()).embed(text)