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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.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And the cherubims cherub Noun H3742 הַכְּרֻבִים֩ hak·ke·ru·vim
had become Verb H1961 וַיִּהְי֣וּ vai·yih·yu
[their] wings bird Noun H3671 כְנָפַ֜יִם che·na·fa·yim
spread out break Verb H6566 פֹּרְשֵׂ֨י po·re·sei
on high above sub H4605 לְמַ֗עְלָה le·ma'·lah
[and] covered cover Verb H5526 סֹֽכְכִ֤ים so·che·chim
over the mercy seat mercy seat Noun H3727 הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת hak·kap·po·ret,
[even] to the mercy seatward mercy seat Noun H3727 הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת hak·kap·po·ret,
with their wings bird Noun H3671 בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ be·chan·fei·hem
with their faces accept Noun H6440 וּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם u·fe·nei·hem
toward about Prepostion H413 אֶל־ el-
one great Noun H376 אִ֣ישׁ ish
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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to another another Noun H251 אָחִ֑יו a·chiv;
were the faces accept Noun H6440 פְּנֵ֥י pe·nei
of the cherubims cherub Noun H3742 הַכְּרֻבִֽים׃ hak·ke·ru·vim.
were toward about Prepostion H413 אֶל־ el-

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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 Greek English And the cherubims spread out The cherubim had their wings on high, and covered spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings over the mercy seat, wings, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were toward each other; the faces of the cherubims.cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And the cherubims spread out The cherubim had their wings on high, and covered spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings over the mercy seat, wings, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were toward each other; the faces of the cherubims.cherubim were toward the mercy seat.