The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 3:12 Explained

2 Chronicles 3:12

KJV: And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

YLT: And the wing of the other cherub is five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing is five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.

Darby: And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.

ASV: And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also , joining to the wing of the other cherub.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [one] wing  of the other  cherub  [was] five  cubits,  reaching  to the wall  of the house:  and the other  wing  [was] five  cubits  [also], joining  to the wing  of the other  cherub. 

What does 2 Chronicles 3:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 3

1  The place and time of building the temple
3  The measure and ornaments of the house
11  The cherubim
14  The veil and pillars

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 3:12 mean?

And wing of the cherub [was] one cubits five touching the wall of the room and the wing [also was] other cubits clinging the wing of cherub the one
וּכְנַ֨ף הַכְּר֤וּב הָאֶחָד֙ אַמּ֣וֹת חָמֵ֔שׁ מַגִּ֖יעַ לְקִ֣יר הַבָּ֑יִת וְהַכָּנָ֤ף הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת דְּבֵקָ֕ה לִכְנַ֖ף הַכְּר֥וּב הָאַחֵֽר

וּכְנַ֨ף  And  wing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
הַכְּר֤וּב  of  the  cherub  [was] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
הָאֶחָד֙  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
אַמּ֣וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
חָמֵ֔שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
מַגִּ֖יעַ  touching 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
לְקִ֣יר  the  wall 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קִיר  
Sense: wall, side.
הַבָּ֑יִת  of  the  room 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וְהַכָּנָ֤ף  and  the  wing  [also  was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙  other 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.
אַמּ֣וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
דְּבֵקָ֕ה  clinging 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: דָּבֵק  
Sense: clinging, adhering to.
לִכְנַ֖ף  the  wing 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
הַכְּר֥וּב  of  cherub 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
הָאַחֵֽר  the  one 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.

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