1 Kings 6:23
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.”
כְּרוּב
Cherubim. Powerful angelic beings who guard the holiness and presence of God. They guarded Eden after the Fall and their images were placed on the Ark of the Covenant.
עֵץ
woods of
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עֵץ
Tree. Ets. A tree planted by rivers of water. The righteous person is like a tree with deep roots in God's word, bearing fruit in season and never withering.
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שֶׁמֶן
olive
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שֶׁמֶן
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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עֶשֶׂר
was ten
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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קוֹמָה
height/ its
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קוֹמָה
height
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