Exodus Chapter 37 verse 9 Holy Bible
And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
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And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.
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And the cherubim spread out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were [turned] toward the mercy-seat.
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And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubim.
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And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to another; even towards the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
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The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
read chapter 37 in WEB
and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces `are' one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd the cherubimהַכְּרֻבִים֩ (hak·kə·ru·ḇîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beingshad wingsכְנָפַ֜יִם (ḵə·nā·p̄a·yim)Noun - fdStrong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnaclethat spreadפֹּרְשֵׂ֨י (pō·rə·śê)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 6566: To break apart, disperseupward.לְמַ֗עְלָה (lə·ma‘·lāh)Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singularStrong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the topThey facedוּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם (ū·p̄ə·nê·hem)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 6440: The faceeachאִ֣ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personotherאָחִ֑יו (’ā·ḥîw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 251: A brother, )and overshadowedסֹֽכְכִ֤ים (sō·ḵə·ḵîm)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protectthe mercy seatהַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת (hak·kap·pō·reṯ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 3727: Propitiatorywith their wings,בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ (bə·ḵan·p̄ê·hem)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacletheir facesפְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)Noun - common plural constructStrong's 6440: The facelooking towardאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tothe mercy seat.הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת (hak·kap·pō·reṯ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 3727: PropitiatoryJump to PreviousArk-Cover Cherubim Cherubs Cover Covered Covering Faced Faces Facing High Mercy Mercy-Seat Ones Opposite Overshadowing Screening Seat Spread Spreading Towards Upward Winged Wings
