The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 5:8 Explained

2 Chronicles 5:8

KJV: For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

YLT: and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above;

Darby: and the cherubim stretched forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

ASV: For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the cherubims  spread forth  [their] wings  over the place  of the ark,  and the cherubims  covered  the ark  and the staves  thereof above. 

What does 2 Chronicles 5:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 5

1  The dedicated treasures
2  The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle
11  God being praised, gives a visible sign of his favor

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 5:8 mean?

For spread the cherubim spread forth [their] wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the cherubim upon the ark and its poles thereof above
וַיִּהְי֤וּ הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם עַל־ מְק֖וֹם הָאָר֑וֹן וַיְכַסּ֧וּ הַכְּרוּבִ֛ים עַל־ הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־ בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה

וַיִּהְי֤וּ  For  spread 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַכְּרוּבִים֙  the  cherubim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים  spread  forth 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
כְּנָפַ֔יִם  [their]  wings 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מְק֖וֹם  the  place 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
הָאָר֑וֹן  of  the  ark 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.
וַיְכַסּ֧וּ  and  overshadowed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
הַכְּרוּבִ֛ים  the  cherubim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הָאָר֥וֹן  the  ark 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.
בַּדָּ֖יו  its  poles 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּד 
Sense: alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone.
מִלְמָֽעְלָה  thereof  above 
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.

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