Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 38:1 Interlinear

And he made the altar of burnt offering wood of shittim five cubits was the length five cubits the breadth thereof it was foursquare and three cubits the height

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֛עַשׂH6213And he madeto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3מִזְבַּ֥חH4196the altaran altar
4הָֽעֹלָ֖הH5930of burnt offeringa step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
5עֲצֵ֣יH6086wooda tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
6שִׁטִּ֑יםH7848of shittimthe acacia (from its scourging thorns)
7וְחָֽמֵשׁH2568fivefive
8אַמּ֖וֹתH520cubitsproperly, 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)
9אָרְכּ֜וֹH753was the lengthlength
10וְחָֽמֵשׁH2568fivefive
11אַמּ֖וֹתH520cubitsproperly, 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)
12רָחְבּוֹ֙H7341the breadthwidth (literally or figuratively)
13רָב֔וּעַH7251thereof it was foursquareto be quadrate
14וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁH7969and threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
15אַמּ֖וֹתH520cubitsproperly, 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)
16קֹֽמָתֽוֹ׃H6967the heightheight

Verse Context

Exodus 38:1 (current)And he made the altar of burnt offering wood of shittim five cubits was the length five cubits the breadth thereof it was foursquare and three cubits the height
Exodus 38:2And he made of it the horns thereof on the four corners ...

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