כִּ֤י הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל־מְקֹ֖ום הָֽאָרֹ֑ון וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָרֹ֥ון וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃
For the keruvim were spreading out wings over the place of the Ark, and the keruvim covered over the Ark and its poles from above.
Morphology
- כִּ֤י (ki) – Root: כי; Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For”; Notes: Introduces an explanation or reason.
- הַכְּרוּבִים֙ (ha-keruvim) – Root: כרב; Form: Definite article + plural masculine noun; Translation: “the keruvim”; Notes: Angelic figures associated with the Ark in the Holy of Holies.
- פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים (poresim) – Root: פרשׂ; Form: Qal participle masculine plural; Translation: “spreading out”; Notes: Describes the action of the wings in continuous aspect.
- כְּנָפַ֔יִם (kenafayim) – Root: כנף; Form: Dual noun with preposition; Translation: “wings”; Notes: Refers to both wings of each keruv.
- אֶל־מְקֹ֖ום (el-meqom) – Root: מקום; Form: Preposition + masculine singular noun; Translation: “toward the place”; Notes: Indicates the direction of the wings’ extension.
- הָֽאָרֹ֑ון (ha-ʾaron) – Root: ארון; Form: Definite article + masculine singular noun; Translation: “the Ark”; Notes: The Ark of the Covenant beneath the keruvim.
- וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ (vayyasoku) – Root: סכך; Form: Wayyiqtol (narrative past) Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “and they covered”; Notes: Describes the shielding action of the keruvim’s wings.
- הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים (ha-keruvim) – Root: כרב; Form: Definite article + plural masculine noun; Translation: “the keruvim”; Notes: Subject of the verb “covered.”
- עַל־הָאָרֹ֥ון (ʿal-ha-ʾaron) – Root: על; Form: Preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun; Translation: “over the Ark”; Notes: Indicates what was covered by the keruvim.
- וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו (ve-ʿal-baddav) – Root: בד; Form: Conjunction + preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix; Translation: “and over its poles”; Notes: Refers to the carrying poles attached to the Ark.
- מִלְמָֽעְלָה (milmaʿlah) – Root: מעל; Form: Preposition with directional adverb; Translation: “from above”; Notes: Indicates the vertical position of the covering wings.