Exodus 25:18

World English Bible (2000)

You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֛יתָ שְׁנַ֥יִם כְּרֻבִ֖ים זָהָ֑ב מִקְשָׁה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹתָ֔ם מִשְּׁנֵ֖י קְצ֥וֹת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃

Transliteration

And ʿāśîtā two kərubîm zāhāb; miqšāh taʿăśeh them from two qəṣôt the kappōret

Grammar Details

• *ʿāśîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall make
• *kərubîm*: masculine plural noun - cherubim
• *zāhāb*: masculine singular noun - gold
• *miqšāh*: feminine singular noun - hammered work
• *taʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall make
• *qəṣôt*: masculine plural construct - ends of
• *kappōret*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the mercy seat

Word Meanings

• *kərubîm*: cherubim [angelic beings]
• *miqšāh*: hammered work/beaten work

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:24 : 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
• Exod 37:7-9 : 7 He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat; 8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 9 The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
• 1 Sam 4:4 : 4 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits [above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
• 1 Kgs 6:23-28 : 23 In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 The other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
• 1 Kgs 8:6-7 : 6 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
• 1 Chr 28:18 : 18 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
• Ezek 10:2 : 2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.
• Ezek 10:20 : 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
• Ezek 41:18-19 : 18 It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces; 19 so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house all around:
• Heb 9:5 : 5 and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't speak now in detail.