1 Kings 8:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.”

1 Kings 8:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 8:714 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הַ/כְּרוּבִים֙hakərwbiym

cherubparticleH3742

cherubims

פֹּרְשִׂ֣יםpōrəśiym

breakverbH6566

chop in pieces · lay open · scatter · spread (abroad ···

כְּנָפַ֔יִםkənāpayim

bordernounH3671

bird · corner · end · feather ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

מְק֖וֹםməqwōm

countrynounH4725

home · open · place · room ···

הָֽ/אָר֑וֹןhāʾārwōn

arkparticleH727

chest · coffin

וַ/יָּסֹ֧כּוּwayāsōkw

coverconjH5526

defence · defend · hedge in · join together ···

הַ/כְּרֻבִ֛יםhakərubiym

cherubparticleH3742

cherubims

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָר֥וֹןhāʾārwōn

arkparticleH727

chest · coffin

וְ/עַלwəʿal

aboveconjH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

בַּדָּ֖י/וbadāyw

alonenounH905

apart · bar · besides · branch ···

מִ/לְ/מָֽעְלָ/הmiləmāʿəlāh

abovepronH4605

exceeding · forward · on high · over ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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