2 Chronicles 3:12
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In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.

Context
The Cherubim
11The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub. 12In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.13So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 3:11
The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:13
So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.

Lexicon
The wing
וּכְנַ֨ף (ū·ḵə·nap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the second
הָאֶחָד֙ (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

cherub
הַכְּר֤וּב (hak·kə·rūḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

[also measured] five
חָמֵ֔שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and touched
מַגִּ֖יעַ (mag·gî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the wall
לְקִ֣יר (lə·qîr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

of the house,
הַבָּ֑יִת (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

while [its] other
הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ (hā·’a·ḥe·reṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

wing
וְהַכָּנָ֤ף (wə·hak·kā·nāp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

[measured] five
חָמֵ֔שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and touched
דְּבֵקָ֕ה (də·ḇê·qāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1695: A clinging, cleaving

the wing
לִכְנַ֖ף (liḵ·nap̄)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the first
הָאַחֵֽר׃ (hā·’a·ḥêr)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

cherub.
הַכְּר֥וּב (hak·kə·rūḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings


Additional Translations
The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the house, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also , joining to the wing of the other cherub.

And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.

And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.

And the wing of the other cherub is five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing is five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.
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