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כְּרוּב

Strong’s: H3742 · H3743

Associated OET lemmas: כְּרוּב

Authors: Reinier de Blois; A. Wood

Contributor note: (a) comment: 7. Conclusion, A.3.

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/lexeme:fyd-kerub-wood_a-edi-2006

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: cherub, winged creature

Semantic domains: Spirits (001001002002)

Definition: = heavenly creature with wings, ► carrying the throne of God, symbol of God's majesty, and associated with his presence

Notes: The cherubim have a close connection to the temple and the manifestation of the deity due to their apotropaic function. Their association with vegetation in the temple iconography and in Gn 3.24 is linked to the idea that they served as boundary markers, designating and guarding sacred space.

Further resources: Realia:4.1.2

Show passage in OET: GEN 3:24

OET-RV GEN 3:24

24 After he expelled them, he placed sentries on the east side of the garden in Eden, as well as a fiery sword that swung around in every direction to guard the path to the tree of life.

OET-LV GEN 3:24

24 And_he/it _drove _out DOM the_humankind and_he/it _made _stay/reside from_east to/for_garden of _ˊĒden DOM the_cherubims and_DOM the _flame _of the_sword/knife the_tumbling to_guard/protect DOM the _way _of the _tree _of the_life.

Show passage in OET: EXO 25:18

OET-RV EXO 25:18

18 Then make a pair of winged-creatures from gold that’s hammered from the two ends of the atonement platform.

OET-LV EXO 25:18

18 And_you _will _make two cherubim gold hammered _work you _will _make DOM_them from_the _two _of the _ends _of the _atonement _cover.

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All 66 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 3:24

EXO: OET EXO 25:18–20 · OET EXO 25:22 · OET EXO 26:1 · OET EXO 26:31 · OET EXO 36:8 · OET EXO 36:35 · OET EXO 37:7–9

NUM: OET NUM 7:89

SA1: OET SA1 4:4

SA2: OET SA2 6:2 · OET SA2 22:11

KI1: OET KI1 6:23–29 · OET KI1 6:32 · OET KI1 6:35 · OET KI1 7:29 · OET KI1 7:36 · OET KI1 8:6–7

KI2: OET KI2 19:15

CH1: OET CH1 13:6 · OET CH1 28:18

CH2: OET CH2 3:7 · OET CH2 3:10–14 · OET CH2 5:7–8

PSA: OET PSA 18:10 · OET PSA 80:1 · OET PSA 99:1

ISA: OET ISA 37:16

EZE: OET EZE 9:3 · OET EZE 10:1–9 · OET EZE 10:14–16 · OET EZE 10:18–20 · OET EZE 11:22 · OET EZE 28:14 · OET EZE 28:16 · OET EZE 41:18 · OET EZE 41:20 · OET EZE 41:25

Form 2

Part of speech: np

Sense 1: Cherub

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = town; ◄ located in Babylon; ► from which a group of Jews returned to Israel

Show passage in OET: EZR 2:59

OET-RV EZR 2:59

59 Another group went from the towns of Tel -Melah, Tel -Harsha, Keruv, Adan, and Imer, but they didn’t know their ancestry from before they were taken as captives.

OET-LV EZR 2:59

59 And_these are_the_ones _who_came _up from_Tēl- melaḩ Tēl Harsha Kərūⱱ Addon ʼImmēr and_not they _were _able to_announce the _house _of their _ancestors _of_their and_offspring _of_their if were_from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they.

Show passage in OET: NEH 7:61

OET-RV NEH 7:61

61 There were also some who returned from Tel -Melah, Tel -Harsha, Keruv, Adan, and Imer, even though they couldn’t prove who their ancestors were, or even that they were descendants of Israelis:

OET-LV NEH 7:61

61 And_these are_the_ones _who_came _up from_Tēl- melaḩ Tēl Harsha Kərūⱱ Addon and_ʼImmēr and_not they _were _able to_announce the _house _of their _ancestors _of_their and_offspring _of_their if were_from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they.

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