# فِي ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ:
### Etymology

From Hebrew cherubim כרוב, cherub + -ים; the Hebrew is plural, but the translators chose to add -s when borrowing the word into the English form, probably because the readers of the Authorized Version would not be familiar with Hebrew or Latin plurals.

### اسم

cherubims
* قالب:italbrac صِيغَةُ جَمْعٍ مُفْرَدُهَا [[cherub]]
** قالب:RQ:Authorized Version
    And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.