Exo 37:9 | NETfull | STEP | The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

Exodus 37:9

9 The cherubim were spreading their wings ^{▼▼ The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings” – “spreaders of wings.”} upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim ^{▼▼ “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to produce a smoother translation.} faced each other, ^{▼▼ Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”} looking toward the atonement lid. ^{▼▼ Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”}