2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 3:11
11The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits longk and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
Footnotes
- k 3:11 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters; also in verse 15.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The total | אָרְכָּ֖ם | ’ā·rə·kām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H753 length |
| wingspan | וְכַנְפֵי֙ | wə·ḵan·p̄ê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct | H3671 wing, extremity |
| of the cherubim | הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים | hak·kə·rū·ḇîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H3742 cherub |
| twenty | עֶשְׂרִ֑ים | ‘eś·rîm | Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| cubits | אַמּ֣וֹת | ’am·mō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H520 ell, cubit |
| One wing | כְּנַ֨ף | kə·nap̄ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3671 wing, extremity |
| of the first | הָאֶחָ֜ד | hā·’e·ḥāḏ | Article; Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| five | חָמֵ֗שׁ | ḥā·mêš | Number - feminine singular | H2568 five |
| cubits | לְאַמּ֣וֹת | lə·’am·mō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural | H520 ell, cubit |
| and touched | מַגַּ֙עַת֙ | mag·ga·‘aṯ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular | H5060 touch, reach, strike |
| the wall | לְקִ֣יר | lə·qîr | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7023 wall |
| of the temple | הַבַּ֔יִת | hab·ba·yiṯ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| and | הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ | hā·’a·ḥe·reṯ | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H312 another |
| wing | וְהַכָּנָ֤ף | wə·hak·kā·nāp̄ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H3671 wing, extremity |
| five | חָמֵ֔שׁ | ḥā·mêš | Number - feminine singular | H2568 five |
| cubits | אַמּ֣וֹת | ’am·mō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H520 ell, cubit |
| and touched | מַגִּ֕יעַ | mag·gî·a‘ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H5060 touch, reach, strike |
| the wing | לִכְנַ֖ף | liḵ·nap̄ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3671 wing, extremity |
| of the other | הָאַחֵֽר׃ | hā·’a·ḥêr | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H312 another |
| cherub | הַכְּר֥וּב | hak·kə·rūḇ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3742 cherub |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.