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Hebrews 9:5

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

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ὑπεράνωhuperanōoverὑπεράνωpreposition — “over”G5231far above.overδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῆςautēsitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itΧερουβὶνcheroubincherubimsΧεροῦβ (cheroub)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “cherubims”, the subject formG5502Cherubim.the cherubimsδόξηςdoxēsof gloryδόξα (doxa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of glory”, the of-formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.of gloryκατασκιάζονταkataskiazontashadowingκατασκιάζω (kataskiazō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “shadowing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2683I overshadow.shadowingτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἱλαστήριονhilastērionmercyseatἱλαστήριονadjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “mercyseat”, the object formG2435(a) a sin offering, by which the wrath of the deity shall be appeased; a means of propitiation, (b) the covering of the ark, which was sprinkled with the atoning blood on the Day of Atonement.the mercyseatπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofὧνhōnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichοὐκoukwe cannotοὐ (ou)adverb — “we cannot”G3756no, not.we cannotἔστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.νῦνnunnowνῦνadverb — “now”G3568adv. (a) of time: just now, even now; just at hand, immediately, (b) of logical connection: now then, (c) in commands and appeals: at this instant.This verse uses “now”.nowλέγεινlegeinto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active infinitive — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.speakκατὰkataparticularlyκατάpreposition — “particularly”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.particularlyμέροςmerospartμέροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “part”, the object formG3313a part, portion, share.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which we are not now to speak particularly.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

Young’s Literal Translation

and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which we are not now to speak particularly.

World English Bible

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

Darby Translation

and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now [the time] to speak in detail.

Douay-Rheims

And over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly.

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