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Exodus 37:25

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← Exodus 37:24	Exodus 37:25 (KJV)	Exodus 37:26 →
[Of] a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.	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.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he made^H6213 the incense^H7004 altar^H4196 of shittim^H7848 wood^H6086: the length^H753 of it was a cubit^H520, and the breadth^H7341 of it a cubit^H520; it was foursquare^H7251; and two cubits^H520 was the height^H6967 of it; the horns^H7161 thereof were of the same.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים אַמָּה אָרְכֹּו וְאַמָּה רָחְבֹּו רָבוּעַ וְאַמָּתַיִם קֹמָתֹו מִמֶּנּוּ הָיוּ קַרְנֹתָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֛עַשׂ	va/i.Ya.'as	H6213	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he made
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מִזְבַּ֥ח	miz.Bach	H4196	HNcmsc	(the) altar of
הַ/קְּטֹ֖רֶת	ha./ke.To.ret	H7004	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ incense
עֲצֵ֣י	'a.Tzei	H6086	HNcmpc	wood(s) of
שִׁטִּ֑ים	shi.Tim	H7848	HNcfpa	acacia
אַמָּ֣ה	'a.Mah	H520	HNcfsa	(was) a cubit
אָרְכּ/וֹ֩	'a.re.K/o	H753	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	length/ its
וְ/אַמָּ֨ה	ve./'a.Mah	H520	HC/Ncfsa	and/ (was) a cubit
רָחְבּ֜/וֹ	ra.che.B/o	H7341	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	breadth/ its
רָב֗וּעַ	ra.Vu.a'	H7251	HVqsmsa	square
וְ/אַמָּתַ֨יִם֙	ve./'a.ma.Ta.yim	H520	HC/Ncfda	and/ (was) two cubits
קֹֽמָת֔/וֹ	ko.ma.T/o	H6967	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	height/ its
מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ	mi.Me./nu	H4480	HR/Sp1cp	from/ it
הָי֥וּ	ha.Yu	H1961	HVqp3cp	they were
קַרְנֹתָֽי/ו	kar.no.Ta/v	H7161	HNcbpc/Sp3ms	horns/ its

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

Strong's References

• H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
• H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• 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.
• H6967 — קוֹמָה (qôwmâh, ko-maw'): from קוּם; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
• H7004 — קְטֹרֶת (qᵉṭôreth, ket-o'-reth): from קָטַר; a fumigation; (sweet) incense, perfume.
• H7161 — קֶרֶן (qeren, keh'-ren): from קָרַן; 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; [idiom] hill, horn.
• H7251 — רָבַע (râbaʻ, raw-bah'): a primitive root (rather identical with רָבַע through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare אַרְבַּע); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of רֶבַע; to be quadrate; (four-) square(-d).
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• 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).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (7): Exodus 31:8, Exodus 35:15, Numbers 3:31, Numbers 4:11, 1 Kings 7:48, 2 Chronicles 4:19, Luke 1:11

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: ALTAR OF INCENSE
• Nave’s: ALTAR

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