- *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
- *wə*
- conjunction - and
- *baddāw*
- common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its poles, carrying staves
- *milmāʿəlāh*
- preposition compound - from above