Study it in the app“And the cherubim were spreading out their wings upward, covering with their wings over the cover of expiation, and their faces were each toward the other; toward the cover of expiation were the faces of the cherubim.”
And the cherubimוַ הַכְּרֻבִיםwereיִּהְיוּspreading outפֹּרְשֵׂיtheir wingsכְנָפַיִםupward,לְמַעְלָהcoveringסֹכְכִיםwith their wingsבְּכַנְפֵיהֶםover the cover of expiation,עַל הַכַּפֹּרֶתand their facesוּפְנֵיהֶםwere eachאִישׁtoward the other;אֶל אָחִיוtoward the cover of expiationאֶל הַכַּפֹּרֶתwereהָיוּthe facesפְּנֵיof the cherubim.הַכְּרֻבִים
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” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appearsspread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “porse” appearswing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “chenafayim” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearscover
To shelter, as God his own.
Where else “sochchim” appearscover 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” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsone another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears8one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that side; of one piece with the cover of expiation he made the cherubim at its two ends.
9 · This verse (above)
10And he made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
