2 Chronicles 3:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.

Young's Literal Translation
as to the wings of the cherubs, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

King James Bible
And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

Hebrew
The total
אָרְכָּ֖ם (’ā·rə·kām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 753: Length

wingspan
וְכַנְפֵי֙ (wə·ḵan·p̄ê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

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

[was] twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

cubits.
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

One wing
כְּנַ֨ף (kə·nap̄)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the first [cherub]
הָאֶחָ֜ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

[was] five
חָמֵ֗שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

cubits [long]
לְאַמּ֣וֹת (lə·’am·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and touched
מַגַּ֙עַת֙ (mag·ga·‘aṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the wall
לְקִ֣יר (lə·qîr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7023: A wall

of the temple,
הַבַּ֔יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and [its] other
הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ (hā·’a·ḥe·reṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

wing
וְהַכָּנָ֤ף (wə·hak·kā·nāp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

[was] five
חָמֵ֔שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

cubits [long]
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and touched
מַגִּ֕יעַ (mag·gî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the wing
לִכְנַ֖ף (liḵ·nap̄)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the other
הָאַחֵֽר׃ (hā·’a·ḥêr)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

cherub.
הַכְּר֥וּב (hak·kə·rūḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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