1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
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ASV
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
KJV
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.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| הַכְּרוּבִים֙ | ha.ke.ru.Vim | the cherubim | H3742 → |
| פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים | po.re.Sim | [were] spreading out | H6566 → |
| כְּנָפַ֔יִם | ke.na.Fa.yim | wings | H3671 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| מְק֖וֹם | me.Kom | [the] place of | H4725 → |
| הָֽאָר֑וֹן | ha.'a.Ron | the ark | H727 → |
| וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ | vai.ya.So.ku | and they covered | H5526 → |
| הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים | ha.ke.ru.Vim | the cherubim | H3742 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | over | H5921 → |
| הָאָר֥וֹן | ha.'a.Ron | the ark | H727 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and over | H5921 → |
| בַּדָּ֖יו | ba.Dav | poles its | H905 → |
| מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ | mil.Ma.'e.lah | from to above <towards> | H4605 → |
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