KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 38:23 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And with” | וְאִתּ֗וֹ | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | And with |
| “him Aholiab,” | אָֽהֳלִיאָ֞ב | Oholiab, an Israelite | Aholiab |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “son” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
| “of Ahisamach,” | אֲחִֽיסָמָ֛ךְ | Achisamak, an Israelite | Ahisamach |
| “of the tribe” | לְמַטֵּה | A branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g., bread) | tribe |
| “of Dan,” | דָ֖ן | Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them | Dan |
| “an engraver,” | חָרָ֣שׁ | A fabricator or any material | engraver |
| “and a cunning workman,” | וְחֹשֵׁ֑ב | Properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute | cunning workman |
| “and an embroiderer” | וְרֹקֵ֗ם | To variegate color, i.e., embroider; by implication, to fabricate | embroiderer |
| “in blue,” | בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ | The cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith | blue |
| “and in purple,” | וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן | Purple (the color or the dyed stuff) | purple |
| “and in scarlet,” | הַשָּׁנִ֖י | Crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it | scarlet |
| “and fine linen.” | וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ | Bleached stuff, i.e., white linen or (by analogy) marble | fine linen |
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21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.
23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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