וַיְפַתַּ֤ח עַל־הַלֻּחֹת֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְעַל֙ ומסגרתיה [מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ] כְּרוּבִ֖ים אֲרָי֣וֹת וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת כְּמַֽעַר־אִ֥ישׁ וְלֹי֖וֹת סָבִֽיב׃
Er grub auf die Tafeln, auf ihre Handhaben und die Schlussleisten: Cheruim, Löwen und Palmen und in den Zwischenräumen brachte er Gehänge an.
Rashi
He engraved on the plates, on its axles, and on its frames. On the lower ones. On both of them, he engraved and inscribed cherubim, lions.
Rashi
(And palm trees, this is not [found] in other texts.) Pairs attached to each other. He engraved around the likeness of a male and female that are joined by their arms, thus our Rabbis explained this.57See Maseches Yoma 54a.
Rashi
Attached. An expression of attachment, as a male that is attached to a female, and its meaning is, “a man with his attachment.” According to its simple meaning, לויות is an expression of “attachment,” soldore, in O.F. There were attachments there made as the joining of a man, and the joining was in the manner we explained.