EXODUS 37:25

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.”

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Exodus 37:25 Translation & Meaning

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And he made וַיַּ֛עַשׂ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application made
the incense הַקְּטֹ֖רֶת A fumigation incense
altar מִזְבַּ֥ח An altar altar
of (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
shittim שִׁטִּ֑ים The acacia (from its scourging thorns) shittim
wood: עֲצֵ֣י A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) wood
the length אָרְכּוֹ֩ Length length
of it a cubit, אַמָּ֣ה Properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit cubit
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
and the breadth רָחְבּ֜וֹ Width (literally or figuratively) breadth
of it a cubit; וְאַמָּ֨ה Properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit cubit
it was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
foursquare; רָב֗וּעַ To be quadrate foursquare
and two cubits וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙ Properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit two cubits
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the height קֹֽמָת֔וֹ Height height
of it; the horns קַרְנֹתָֽיו׃ A horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e., ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power horns
thereof were הָי֥וּ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) thereof
of מִמֶּ֖נּוּ Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses of
the same. מִמֶּ֖נּוּ Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses same

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  • 23  And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.

  • 24  Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.

  • 25  And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

  • 26  And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

  • 27  And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.




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