Exodus 37:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the cherubims 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 cherubims.”
Exodus 37:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 37:918 words
וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist
הַכְּרֻבִיםhakəruvîmThe cherub
פֹּרְשֵׂיpōrəśêBreak
כְנָפַיִםḵənāp̄ayimEdge
לְמַעְלָהləmaʿəlāhTo upper part
סֹכְכִיםsōḵəḵîmEntwine
בְּכַנְפֵיהֶםbəḵanəp̄êhemIn edge
עַלʿalAbove
הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid
וּפְנֵיהֶםûp̄ənêhemAnd face
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
אֶלʾelNear
הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid
הָיוּhāyûExist
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַכְּרֻבִיםhakəruvîmThe cherub
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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