Exodus 37:9

37:9 The cherubim were spreading their wings ¹  upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim ²  faced each other, ³  looking toward the atonement lid. ⁴ 

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¹ tn The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings” – “spreaders of wings.”

² tn “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to produce a smoother translation.

³ tn Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”

⁴ tn Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”