The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 3:13 Explained

2 Chronicles 3:13

KJV: The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

YLT: The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces are inward.

Darby: The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

ASV: The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The wings  of these cherubims  spread themselves forth  twenty  cubits:  and they stood  on their feet,  and their faces  [were] inward. 

What does 2 Chronicles 3:13 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 3:13 mean?

The wings of cherubim these spanned overall cubits twenty and they stood on their feet and they faced inward -
כַּנְפֵי֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה פֹּֽרְשִׂ֖ים אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וְהֵ֛ם עֹמְדִ֥ים עַל־ רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם לַבָּֽיִת ס

כַּנְפֵי֙  The  wings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים  of  cherubim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
הָאֵ֔לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
פֹּֽרְשִׂ֖ים  spanned  overall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
אַמּ֣וֹת  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְהֵ֛ם  and  they 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
עֹמְדִ֥ים  stood 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם  their  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine plural
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם  and  they  faced 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
לַבָּֽיִת  inward 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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