Exodus 38:1

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Exodus 38:1


← Exodus 37:29 Exodus 38:1 (KJV) Exodus 38:2 →
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he madeH6213 the altarH4196 of burnt offeringH5930 of shittimH7848 woodH6086: fiveH2568 cubitsH520 was the lengthH753 thereof, and fiveH2568 cubitsH520 the breadthH7341 thereof; it was foursquareH7251; and threeH7969 cubitsH520 the heightH6967 thereof.


Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חָמֵשׁ אַמֹּות אָרְכֹּו וְחָמֵשׁ־אַמֹּות רָחְבֹּו רָבוּעַ וְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמֹּות קֹמָתֹו׃

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
הָ/עֹלָ֖ה
ha./'o.Lah H5930 HTd/Ncfsa the/ burnt offering
עֲצֵ֣י
'a.Tzei H6086 HNcmpc wood(s) of
שִׁטִּ֑ים
shi.Tim H7848 HNcfpa acacia
חָמֵשׁ֩
cha.Mesh H2568 HAcfsa (was) five
אַמּ֨וֹת
'a.Mot H520 HNcfpa cubits
אָרְכּ֜/וֹ
'a.re.K/o H753 HNcmsc/Sp3ms length/ its
וְ/חָֽמֵשׁ
ve./cha.mesh- H2568 HC/Acfsa and/ (was) five
אַמּ֤וֹת
'a.Mot H520 HNcfpa cubits
רָחְבּ/וֹ֙
ra.che.B/o H7341 HNcmsc/Sp3ms breadth/ its
רָב֔וּעַ
ra.Vu.a' H7251 HVqsmsa square
וְ/שָׁלֹ֥שׁ
ve./sha.Losh H7969 HC/Acfsa and/ (was) three
אַמּ֖וֹת
'a.Mot H520 HNcfpa cubits
קֹמָתֽ/וֹ
ko.ma.T/o H6967 HNcfsc/Sp3ms height/ its
Strong's References
  • H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם (ʼêm) H517; 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 (mêʼâh) H3967), measure, post.
  • H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ (ʼârak) H748; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
  • H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה (chămishshâh); a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
  • H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח (zâbach) H2076; an altar; altar.
  • H5930 — עֹלָה (ʻôlâh, o-law'): or עוֹלָה (ʻôwlâh); feminine active participle of עָלָה (ʻâlâh) H5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke); ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also עֶוֶל (ʻevel) H5766.
  • H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה (ʻâtsâh) H6095; 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 (qûwm) H6965; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
  • H7251 — רָבַע (râbaʻ, raw-bah'): a primitive root (rather identical with רָבַע (râbaʻ) H7250 through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ) H702); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of רֶבַע (rebaʻ) H7253; to be quadrate; (four-) square(-d).
  • H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב (râchab) H7337; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
  • H7848 — שִׁטָּה (shiṭṭâh, shit-taw'): feminine of a derivative (only in the plural שִׁטִּים (shiṭṭîym); meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as שֹׁטֵט (shôṭêṭ) H7850; the acacia (from its scourging thorns); shittah, shittim. See also בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה (Bêyth hash-Shiṭṭâh) H1029.
  • H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ (shâlôsh); masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה (shᵉlôwshâh); or שְׁלֹשָׁה (shᵉlôshâh); a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ (shâlîysh) H7991.

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 (ʼôwth) H226 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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