“And he took” | וַיִּקַּ֞ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
“and put” | וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | put |
“the testimony” | הָֽעֵדֻת֙ | Testimony | testimony |
“into” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | into |
“the ark,” | הָ֣אָרֹ֔ן | A box | ark |
“and set” | וַיָּ֥שֶׂם | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | set |
“the staves” | הַבַּדִּ֖ים | Properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides | staves |
“on” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | on |
“the ark,” | הָֽאָרֹ֑ן | A box | ark |
“and put” | וַיִּתֵּ֧ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | put |
“the mercy seat” | הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת | A lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark) | mercy seat |
“above” | מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ | Properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc | above |
“upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
“the ark:” | הָֽאָרֹ֖ן | A box | ark |