The cherubimוְ הַכְּרֻבִיםshallהָיוּspread outפֹּרְשֵׂיtheir wingsכְנָפַיִםupward,לְמַעְלָהovershadowingסֹכְכִיםwith their wingsבְּכַנְפֵיהֶםthe cover of expiation,עַל הַכַּפֹּרֶתand their facesוּפְנֵיהֶםshall be oneאִישׁtowardאֶלthe other;אָחִיוtowardאֶלthe cover of expiationהַכַּפֹּרֶתthe facesפְּנֵיof the cherubimהַכְּרֻבִיםshall be turned.יִהְיוּ
Exodus 25:20
Study it in the app“The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, overshadowing with their wings the cover of expiation, and their faces shall be one toward the other; toward the cover of expiation the faces of the cherubim shall be turned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 25:20, word by word
- The cherubimכְּרֻבִיםkeruvim
cherub
Cherub(im): heavenly beings who in the Bible appear near God's presence and guarding what is holy, such as the way to the tree of life and the place above the ark of the covenant. They are not the "little angels" of paintings.
Where else “keruvim” appears- shallהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appears- spread outפֹּרְשֵׂיporse
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “porse” appears- their wingsכְנָפַיִםchenafayim
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “chenafayim” appears- upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- overshadowingסֹכְכִיםsochchim
cover
To shelter, as God his own.
Where else “sochchim” appears- the cover of expiationכַּפֹּרֶתkaporet
cover of expiation
The gold lid of the ark, with the two cherubim. Its name comes from the verb "make expiation" (cover sin), because there the blood was sprinkled on the day of expiation (Leviticus 16:14-15).
Where else “kaporet” appears- and their facesפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- shall be oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- the otherאָחִיachi
one another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears
The context
19Make one cherub at the end on this side and one cherub at the end on that side; of one piece with the cover of expiation you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 · This verse (above)
21You shall put the cover of expiation on top of the ark, and into the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.