- *wayyihyû*
- qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they were
- *kərûḇîm*
- noun, masculine plural - cherubim
- *pōrəśîm*
- qal participle, masculine plural - spreading
- *kənāp̄ayim*
- noun, feminine dual - wings
- *məqôm*
- noun, masculine singular - place
- *ʾārôn*
- noun, masculine singular - ark
- *wayḵassû*
- piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they covered
- *baddāyw*
- noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its poles/staves
- *ləmāʿlāh*
- adverb - from above/overhead