Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd 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 cherubimהַכְּרֻבִים֩ (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 |