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Exodus 27:6

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And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.	And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.	And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt make^H6213 staves^H905 for the altar^H4196, staves^H905 of shittim^H7848 wood^H6086, and overlay^H6823 them with brass^H5178.

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Original Hebrew

וְעָשִׂיתָ בַדִּים לַמִּזְבֵּחַ בַּדֵּי עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתָם נְחֹשֶׁת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָ	ve./'a.Si.ta	H6213	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will make
בַדִּים֙	va.Dim	H905	HNcmpa	poles
לַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ	la./miz.Be.ach	H4196	HRd/Ncmsa	for the/ altar
בַּדֵּ֖י	ba.Dei	H905	HNcmpc	poles of
עֲצֵ֣י	'a.Tzei	H6086	HNcmpc	wood(s) of
שִׁטִּ֑ים	shi.Tim	H7848	HNcfpa	acacia
וְ/צִפִּיתָ֥	ve./tzi.pi.Ta	H6823	HC/Vpq2ms	and/ you will overlay
אֹתָ֖/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
נְחֹֽשֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H905 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדַד; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides; alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6823 — צָפָה (tsâphâh, tsaw-faw'): a primitive root (probably identical with צָפָה through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action); to sheet over (especially with metal); cover, overlay.
• H7848 — שִׁטָּה (shiṭṭâh, shit-taw'): feminine of a derivative (only in the plural שִׁטִּים; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as שֹׁטֵט; the acacia (from its scourging thorns); shittah, shittim. See also בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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