Exodus 37:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

Young's Literal Translation
and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.

King James Bible
And the cherubims spread out [their] wings on high, [and] covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; [even] to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

Hebrew
And the cherubim
הַכְּרֻבִים֩ (hak·kə·ru·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

had wings
כְנָפַ֜יִם (ḵə·nā·p̄a·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

that spread
פֹּרְשֵׂ֨י (pō·rə·śê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse

upward.
לְמַ֗עְלָה (lə·ma‘·lāh)
Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

They faced
וּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם (ū·p̄ə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

each
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

other
אָחִ֑יו (’ā·ḥîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

and overshadowed
סֹֽכְכִ֤ים (sō·ḵə·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect

the mercy seat
הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת (hak·kap·pō·reṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3727: Propitiatory

with their wings,
בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ (bə·ḵan·p̄ê·hem)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

their faces
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

looking toward
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the mercy seat.
הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת (hak·kap·pō·reṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3727: Propitiatory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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