King James Version
Exodus 25:26 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.”
Exodus 25:26 · KJV
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“rings”
H2885properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e., signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
“of gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“and put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“rings”
H2885properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e., signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“corners”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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