Verse 7

{ "verseID": "1 Kings.8.7", "source": "כִּ֤י הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל־מְק֖וֹם הָֽאָר֑וֹן וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה", "text": "For the *kərûḇîm* *pōrśîm* *kənāp̄ayim* unto-place of the *ʾārôn* and *wayyāsōkkû* the *kərūḇîm* over-the *ʾārôn* and over-*baddāw* from above", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for, because", "*kərûḇîm*": "common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the cherubim", "*pōrśîm*": "Qal participle masculine plural - spreading out", "*kənāp̄ayim*": "common noun, feminine dual - wings, pair of wings", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to, unto", "*məqôm*": "common noun, masculine singular construct - place of", "*ʾārôn*": "common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the ark", "*wayyāsōkkû*": "Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine plural - and they covered, overshadowed", "*kərūḇîm*": "common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the cherubim", "*ʿal*": "preposition - over, upon", "*ʾārôn*": "common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the ark", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*baddāw*": "common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its poles, carrying staves", "*milmāʿəlāh*": "preposition compound - from above" }, "variants": { "*pōrśîm*": "spreading out, extending, stretching forth", "*kənāp̄ayim*": "wings, wing-like extensions", "*wayyāsōkkû*": "and they covered, and they overshadowed, and they protected", "*baddāw*": "its poles, its staves, its carrying rods" } }

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